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• spoiling — index burglary, damage, decadent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• spoiling for — EAGER FOR, looking for, keen to have, after, bent on, longing for; informal itching for. → spoil * * * spoiling for 1. More than ripe or ready for (a fight, etc) 2. Intent on • • • Main Entry: ↑spoil * * * (be) spoiling for : to have a strong de …   Useful english dictionary

• spoiling for a fight — in. argumentative; asking for a fight. □ They were just spoiling for a fight, and they went outside to settle the matter. □ She was grouchy, and you could tell she had been spoiling for a fight all day …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• spoiling — noun 1. the process of becoming spoiled • Syn: ↑spoilage • Derivationally related forms: ↑spoil, ↑spoil (for: ↑spoilage) • Hypernyms: ↑decay …   Useful english dictionary

• spoiling tactics — spoilˈing tactics plural noun Activities that have no purpose other than to hinder someone or something else • • • Main Entry: ↑spoil * * * ˈspoiling tactics 7 [spoiling tactics] noun plural …   Useful english dictionary

• Spoiling — Spoil Spoil (spoil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spoiled} (spoild) or {Spoilt} (spoilt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spoiling}.] [F. spolier, OF. espoillier, fr. L. spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. Cf. {Despoil}, {Spoliation}.] 1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• spoiling — adj. Spoiling is used with these nouns: ↑tactic …   Collocations dictionary

• spoiling for a fight — to be very eager to fight or argue. He says what he thinks, and so people think he always seems to be spoiling for a fight …   New idioms dictionary

• spoiling for — it s obvious he s spoiling for a fight Syn: eager for, itching for, looking for, keen to have, after, bent on, longing for …   Thesaurus of popular words

• spoiling attack — puolimą sutrukdanti ataka statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Taktinis manevras siekiant susilpninti priešo puolimą, kai priešas tik telkiasi ir ruošiasi pulti. atitikmenys: angl. spoiling attack pranc. attaque préventive de harcèlement …   NATO terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

• spoiling attack — noun Etymology: from spoiling, present participle of spoil (II) : a limited objective attack launched to disrupt enemy plans or operations …   Useful english dictionary