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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | target of attack |
| Synonyms: | casualty, chased, dupe*, game, kill, loot, mark, martyr, mug, pillage, quarry, quest, raven, spoil, sufferer, underdog, victim |
| Antonyms: | attacker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | game |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | undomesticated animals chased for food |
| Synonyms: | chase, fish, fowl, kill, meat, prey, quarry, ravin, victim, wild animals |
| Main Entry: | mark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal, target |
| Synonyms: | aim, ambition, bull's eye, duty, end, function, object, objective, prey, purpose, use |
| Main Entry: | plunder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something stolen |
| Synonyms: | booty, goods*, graft, hot goods, loot, make*, pickings, pillage, plunderage, prey, prize, quarry, rapine, raven, spoil, stuff*, take*, trappings, winnings |
| Antonyms: | gift |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, steal |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, burn, depredate, despoil, devastate, fleece, forage, foray, grab, gut, kip, knock off, knock over, lay waste, liberate, lift, loft, loot, maraud, moonlight requisition, pillage, prey, prowl, raid, ransack, relieve, requisition, rifle, rip off, rob, sack, salvage, smash and grab, snatch, spoil, stick up, strip |
| Antonyms: | give, receive |
| Main Entry: | quarry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal |
| Synonyms: | aim, chase, game, objective, prey, prize, quest, ravin, victim |
| Main Entry: | quest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, exploration |
| Synonyms: | adventure, chase, crusade, delving, enterprise, examination, expedition, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, journey, mission, pilgrimmage, prey, probe, probing, pursual, pursuit, quarry, research, seeking, voyage |
| Main Entry: | ravage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, ransack |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, break up, capture, consume, cream*, crush, damage, demolish, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, dismantle, disorganize, disrupt, exterminate, extinguish, forage, foray, gut, harry, impair, lay waste, leave in ruins, loot, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, pillage, pirate, plunder, prey, prostrate, pull down, raid, rape, raze, rob, ruin, sack, seize, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, spoliate, stamp out, strip, sweep away, total*, trample, trash, waste, wreak havoc, wreck, wrest |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spoils |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possessions stolen or gained |
| Synonyms: | booty*, cut*, gain, goods, graft, hot goods, loot, make*, pickings, pillage, plunder, prey, prize, squeeze, swag, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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