Loot and Ruin

Loot

Loot verb - To search through with the intent of committing robbery.

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Ruin and loot are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ruin" instead a verb "Loot".

Nearby Words: looted, looting, looter

Ruin verb - To bring destruction to (something) through violent action.

Usage example: tornadoes ruined a wide swath of the county

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Loot and ruin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Loot" instead a verb "Ruin".

Nearby Words: ruined, ruination, ruinous, ruining, ruinously

total	total loot	total ruin
powerful	powerful loot	powerful ruin
great	great loot	great ruin
little	little loot	little ruin
Other adjectives: personal, new, hidden.

A very popular type of Game Mod for the PC versions of Oblivion and Skyrim, for players who hate having to micromanage their inventory and/or hate not being able to tote every single scrap of loot out of a dungeon or ruin on a single trip.

Source: Bag of Holding

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