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- pronunciation:
- pI
lihj
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
pillages, pillaging, pillaged |
definition 1: |
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder.
The conquerors pillaged the farms and villages.- synonyms:
- despoil, loot, plunder, sack
- similar words:
- harry, maraud, raid, ransack, rifle, strip
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definition 2: |
to seize as plunder or spoils of war.
The invaders pillaged the gold from the temples.- synonyms:
- plunder
- similar words:
- forage, liberate, loot, sack, steal
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related words: |
harry, liberate, loot, raid, ransack, rifle |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition: |
to seize plunder or spoils of war.
The soldiers pillaged as they made their way to the sea.- synonyms:
- loot, plunder
- similar words:
- harry, maraud, prey, raid
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related words: |
harry, prey, raid |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition: |
the act of seizing plunder or spoils of war, or that which is seized.
The pillage of the city was never forgotten.The vikings returned to their ships with their pillage.- synonyms:
- loot, plunder, sack
- similar words:
- booty, capture, depredation, forage, seizure, spoils
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related words: |
capture, depredation |
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derivation: |
pillager (n.) |
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