Sentence examples for the spoil from inspiring English sources
verb
To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
Originally, the spoil was to be dumped at sea.
The approval documents show the spoil from the dredging will be dumped within the Great Barrier Reef marine park area.
The track begins to climb over rocks and boulders, and you'll note the spoil of old buildings to your right.
That plan itself came after public outcry at the former government's approval to dump the spoil in reef waters.
The Palaszczuk government has negotiated for the spoil to be dumped on an empty industrial area next to the port.
WWF reef campaigner Louise Matthieson said the dredging itself would have "serious impacts, like destroying seagrass beds, regardless of where the spoil is dumped".
Sainte-Hélène was increased in size and Ile Nôtre-Dame was created from the spoil formed during the construction of Montréal's Expo 67.
Dean Knudson, from the department's compliance division, said the department accepted the port's own assessment of how much it would cost to dump the spoil on land.
Among 47 new environmental conditions imposed by the authority with the approval to dump the spoil within the park was: Measures to minimise impact on biodiversity, particularly coral.
England has large tracts of derelict areas, scarred by the spoil heaps of the coal mines, quarries and clay pits, abandoned industrial plants, and rundown slums.
