| NOUN | person | spoiler | a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning |
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| person | spoiler, plunderer, pillager, looter, despoiler, raider, freebooter | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | |
| person | spoiler, pamperer, coddler, mollycoddler | someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence | |
| artifact | spoiler | an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds | |
| artifact | spoiler | a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag |
| Sounds | spoy'ler | |
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| Rhymes | alveolar ... Ziegler: 240 rhymes with ler... | |
| Meaning | A candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning. | |
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| Broader | campaigner, candidate, nominee | A politician who is running for public office |
| Meaning | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war). | |
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| Synonyms | plunderer, pillager, looter, despoiler, raider, freebooter | |
| Category | war, warfare | The waging of armed conflict against an enemy / enemy |
| Narrower | pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover | someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation |
| Broader | thief, stealer | A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it |
| Spanish | asaltante, filibustero, saqueador | |
| Catalan | assaltant, saquejador | |
| Meaning | someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence. | |
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| Synonyms | pamperer, coddler, mollycoddler | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | malcriador, mimador | |
| Verbs | spoil | treat with excessive indulgence |
| Meaning | An airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds. | |
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| Broader | airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface | A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air |
| Spanish | spoiler | |
| Meaning | A hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag. | |
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| Broader | airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface | A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air |
| Spanish | spoiler | |
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