All pillage synonyms
pilΒ·lage
P p verb pillage
- kip β Also called kip-up [kip-uhp] /ΛkΙͺpΛΚp/ (Show IPA), kick-up. an acrobatic movement in which a person moves from a position lying on the back to a standing position with a vigorous swing of both legs coordinated with a launching push of the arms.
- depredate β to plunder or destroy; pillage
- knock over β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- fall on β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- make with β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- bankrupted β Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- hulled β retaining the hull during threshing; having a persistent enclosing hull: hulled wheat.
- kips β Also called kip-up [kip-uhp] /ΛkΙͺpΛΚp/ (Show IPA), kick-up. an acrobatic movement in which a person moves from a position lying on the back to a standing position with a vigorous swing of both legs coordinated with a launching push of the arms.
- excorticate β (obsolete) To strip of bark or skin.
- loot β spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- devastate β If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.
- accessed β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- hulling β the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.
- ferret β a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
- dilapidate β to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- lofted β a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- housebreak β to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- depopulated β (of a place) reduced in population
- clean out β If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- copping β the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc.
- creamed β the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- breached β the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- forayed β a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.
- depopulate β To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.
- chivy β to harass or nag
- lay waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- go in β go indoors
- accessing β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- desecrate β If someone desecrates something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
- waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- lay low β situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- lofting β a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- housebreaking β to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- beggared β a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- muscle in β a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- breaching β the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- ferreting β a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- despoil β To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it.
- boweling β Anatomy. Usually, bowels. the intestine. a part of the intestine.
- heisting β a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- defalcate β to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
- leave no stone unturned β the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
noun pillage
- depredation β The depredations of a person, animal, or force are their harmful actions, which usually involve taking or damaging something.
- meed β a reward or recompense.
- wrecker β a person or thing that wrecks.
- carrot β Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground.
- devastation β Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage.
- molestation β to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- despoilment β The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.