Chapter Spelling-book to Sport of S by Soule's Synonymes

5. Corruption, ruin, destruction.

Spoiler, n.

1. Plunderer, robber, pillager.

2. Destroyer, corrupter.

Spoken, a. Oral, parole, nuncupative, nuncupatory.

Spokesman, n. Speaker, prolocutor.

Spoliate, v. a. Rob, plunder, spoil, despoil, destroy, pillage.

Spoliation, n.

1. Robbery, destruction, deprivation, despoliation.

2. Robbery, pillage, plundering, rapine, devastation, destruction.

Sponge, v. a.

1. Wipe (with a sponge), cleanse.

2. Efface, obliterate, wipe out, expunge, rub out.

3. Drain, squeeze, plunder.

Sponger, n. Parasite, hanger-on.

Spongy, a.

1. Porous, spongeous.

2. Wet, rainy, showery.

3. Drenched, saturated, soaked, wet.

4. Bibulous, absorbent.

Sponsor, n.

1. Surety.