spoil

/spɔɪl/verb
Elementary
1

To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of arms or armour.

2

To strip or deprive (someone) of possessions; to rob, despoil.

3

To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).

4

To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.

5

To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable.

6

To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.

7

To go bad; to become sour or rancid; to decay.

8

To render (a ballot) invalid by deliberately defacing.

9

To prematurely reveal major events or the ending of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing ahead of time as a spoiler.

10

To reduce the lift generated by an airplane or wing by deflecting air upwards, usually with a spoiler.

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

Rhymes

Words that share the same ending sound pattern

Alliteration

Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)

Assonance

Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing

Consonance

Words sharing similar consonant sound patterns — adds texture and cohesion to writing

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