KEY: Despite \n.\ [See DESPITE, prep. and SPITE].
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KEY: Despoil.
SYN: Strip, denude, ravage, devastate, rob, havoc, spoliate.
ANT: Decorate, adorn, embellish, enrich, reinstate, rehabilitate.
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KEY: Respond, [See DESPAIR].
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KEY: Despot.
SYN: Tyrant, autocrat.