spoilation
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They not only perfectly satisfied the soldiers everywhere, but revolutionized the opinion of both Houses of Congress, and thus saved the public domain from the wholesale spoilation that had threatened it.
From Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 by George W. Julian
Even the glorious name of Turenne could not protect his grave from spoilation.
From The Revelation Explained by F. G. (Frederick George) Smith
The national pride, if not the material interests involved, would not permit the government to submit to such destruction or spoilation without making every possible effort to prevent it.
From Forty-Six Years in the Army by John M. Schofield
He said that a rapid course of spoilation was going on in the outskirts of the forest, and the effect of it would soon be felt in the flow of the Hudson.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
The French spoilation claims that were being vigorously prosecuted in 1827 are yet undetermined in 1886.
From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore
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