spoiler
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But what can come as a spoiler is the MNS led by Raj Thackeray.
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- noun One who seizes spoils or booty.
- noun Something that causes spoilage.
- noun A long, narrow hinged plate on the upper surface of an airplane wing that reduces lift and increases drag when raised.
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But what can come as a spoiler is the MNS led by Raj Thackeray.
— Times Now -
O'BRIEN: Well, yes, the spoiler is activated by the tailspin, and if the wheels are skidding, that spoiler might not deploy automatically.
— CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2005 -
GRIFFIN: Though he didn't consider himself a spoiler, that is what he would be to John McCain.
— CNN Transcript Oct 29, 2008 -
But the spoiler has been at work here.
— Vanishing England -
The hand of the spoiler was there--blood and womens' screams, dishevelled hair and men's deep oaths, the wild and broken accents of despair, the coarse jest and ferocious exultation of gratified brutality.
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843
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- from spoil + - er.
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/ (spoiˈlər)/
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