<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.</li><li>to diminish or impair the quality of; affect detrimentally.</li><li>to impair, damage, or harm the character or nature of (someone) by unwise treatment, excessive indulgence, etc.</li><li>to strip (persons, places, etc.) of goods, valuables, etc.; plunder; pillage; despoil.</li><li>to take or seize by force.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Often spoils.</li><li>booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.</li><li>the act of plundering.</li><li>an object of plundering.</li><li>Usually spoils.</li><li>the emoluments and advantages of public office viewed as won by a victorious political party.</li><li>prizes won or treasures accumulated.</li><li>waste material, as that which is cast up in mining, excavating, quarrying, etc.</li><li>an imperfectly made object, damaged during the manufacturing process.</li></ul>