slad — meaning in English
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English meaning
- booty noun Valuable goods taken by force, especially loot seized in war or piracy.
- destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
- devastate verb To destroy something on a large scale.
- havoc noun Widespread destruction, chaos, or disorder.
- loot noun Goods stolen or taken by force, especially during war, a riot, or (in video games) after defeating an enemy.
- pillage verb To loot or plunder a place by force, typically during war.
- plunder verb To steal goods from a place by force, typically during war or unrest.
- raid noun A sudden attack or surprise incursion, often by armed forces or police.
- rob verb To take property from a person or place unlawfully, often through force or threat.
- spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
Senses
slad is used for these senses in English:
- destroy (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
- devastate To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
- havoc Widespread devastation and destruction.
- loot (transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
- pillage The spoils of war.
- pillage The act of pillaging.
- pillage (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
- plunder The loot attained by plundering.
booty — full definition
- noun Valuable goods taken by force, especially loot seized in war or piracy.
- noun Informal: the buttocks.
destroy — full definition
- verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
- verb To defeat someone completely and overwhelmingly.
- verb To kill an animal deliberately, usually for humane or safety reasons.