spoilation
Example Sentences
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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
At the end of another decade an army of Mahrattas took possession, and completed the spoilation by ripping the silver filigree-work off the ceiling of the Throne-room.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
Forgotten in the midst of this excitement, I sat alone and watched the work of spoilation.
From A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas by Fanny Loviot
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
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
