1 (usually spoils) goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place:the looters carried their spoils away
2 [mass noun] waste material brought up during the course of an excavation or a dredging or mining operation:colliery spoil
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1diminish or destroy the value or quality of:I wouldn’t want to spoil your funa series of political blunders spoilt their chances of being re-elected
prevent someone from enjoying (an occasion or event):she was afraid of spoiling Christmas for the rest of the family
mark (a ballot paper) incorrectly so as to make one’s vote invalid, especially as a gesture of protest:the group called on its supporters to spoil their papers
[no object] (of food) become unfit for eating:I’ve got some ham that’ll spoil if we don’t eat it tonight
2harm the character of (a child) by being too lenient or indulgent:the last thing I want to do is spoil Thomas (as adjective spoilt or spoiled)a spoilt child
treat with great or excessive kindness, consideration, or generosity:breakfast in bed—you’re spoiling me!
3 [no object] (be spoiling for) be extremely or aggressively eager for:Cooper was spoiling for a fight
4 archaic rob (a person or a place) of goods or possessions by force or violence:the enemy entered into Hereford, spoiled and fired the city, and razed the walls to the ground
be spoilt for choice
British have so many options that it is difficult to make a choice.
