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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 |
adverb + (v.)pillage
enough, often, systematically, totally
(v.)pillage
+ noun
area,
army,
art,
barbarian,
booty,
building,
car,
century,
city,
closet,
computer,
country,
countryside,
economy,
effort,
force,
forest,
glory,
government,
house,
idea,
kind,
land,
leader,
looter,
looting,
massacre,
mob,
morning,
nature,
past,
people,
planet,
population,
property,
rampage,
raping,
resource,
right,
saving,
soldier,
squirrel,
store,
stuff,
thief,
town,
troop,
viking,
village,
wave,
way
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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 |
adjective + (n.)pillage
systematic
verb + (n.)pillage
plunder, rape, rob
noun + (n.)pillage
burn, fire, murder, plunder, rape, scene, slaughter, violence, war
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| derivation: |
pillager (n.) |
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