spoil /spoil/ intransitive verb

To impair or destroy the value or quality of; ruin.
"spoiled the dish by adding too much salt; spoiled the party by getting into an argument."
To harm the character of (a child) by overindulgence or leniency. synonym: pamper.
Similar: pamper To plunder; despoil. 

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