spoliativeadj.
/ˈspəʊlɪətɪv/ 1. Spoliatory. rare.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective]
ravenousc1425
rapinous1484
polling1526
spoiling1565
predatory1589
pilling1590
spoilful1590
plundering1641
vulturian1659
predatitious1660
pillagingc1670
vulturine1721
predal1737
depredatory1771
spoliatory1790
predatorial1791
plunderous1797
spoliating1840
accipitral1842
despoiling1859
spoliative1875
predative1920
prehensile1927
1875 Contemp. Rev. 25 190 Political economists..have met all practical inferences of a subversive or spoliative tendency by [etc.].
2. Medicine. Having the effect of seriously diminishing the amount of the blood.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [adjective] > deficiency of blood > causing
spoliative1876
1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 428 This is a powerfully spoliative and depressing emetic.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. x. 293 There was a time when, under a spoliative treatment, by bleeding and calomel, dysentery proved a very fatal disease indeed.
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adj.1875