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forspill.

To destroy; ruin; lose.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To destroy; ruin; lose.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English forspillen, from Old English forspillan, forspildan (“to waste, lose, disperse, bring to nothing, destroy, ruin, kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *furispilþijan. Equivalent to for- + spill. Cognate with Old High German farspildan, Dutch verspillen (“to waste”), Swedish förspilla (“to waste”).

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