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spoil
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spoil [spȯil]
(mining engineering)
The overburden or nonore material from a coal mine.
A stratum of coal and dirt mixed.


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He discusses this in the context of the despoliation of coastal lands by oil spills and similar accidents.
Most chapters are filled with outrage at despoliation in one form or another.
To me, the despoliation of the Kidron cemetery and the emptiness of the Cenacle proclaim not only the powerlessness of God, but a love that prefers humiliation to imposition.
 
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