despoil of

despoil something of something

to make something, such as a town, tomb, or building, lose value by stealing from it; to rob something of something. The vandals despoiled the castle of much of its furnishings. The land was despoiled of its fertility by overplanting.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Margareta	mahr-gah-RE-tah (German), MAHR-gah-re-tah (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch, Finnish, Croatian
Ilta	EEL-tah	Finnish
Ziva	-	Hebrew
Rosangela	ro-zahn-JE-lah	Italian
Folami	-	Western African, Yoruba
Annelise	-	Danish