(n.) One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
(n.) One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fabius denied that he had acted as a spoiler at the talks.
(2) Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which is due out in May, has also come under fire for revealing further apparent spoilers.
(3) These days, Obama has moved on to more pressing issues, like telling House of Cards fans not to tweet any spoilers.
(4) A skiiing style in backward lean position was adopted and supported by the fixed backward spoiler.
(5) UN officials said in advance they hoped new commitments from the big industrialised states, such as Japan and China, would prod other countries into action so that they not be seen as the spoilers of a potential deal at Copenhagen.
(6) Spoiler alert: key plot details follow Seth Rogen was forced to tone down a Kim Jong-un death scene for his new comedy The Interview following a personal intervention by the Japanese head of Sony’s parent company, according to hacked emails.
(7) The sort of person who, despite having a framed Keep Calm and Carry On poster on their wall, gets vociferously morally outraged by 25 different things over the course of the average morning on Twitter, eg Daily Mail headlines, anything Jeremy Clarkson says, people who post Homeland spoilers, Parcelforce delivery slots, etc.
(8) Momentum on the political track was key, he said, to get ahead of any spoilers: “Don’t be surprised if there are rhetorical, dismissive and aggressive statements.
(9) Instead – spoiler alert – to the disdain of many, it opted for a more satisfying, upbeat conclusion.
(10) The beam spoiler with the frame stands near the patient during the treatment.
(11) Surely, as some speculate, he is a spoiler (consciously or otherwise) to help his friend Hillary Clinton.
(12) The official said that if the new diplomatic push for a negotiated settlement of the impasse over Iran's nuclear programme, – due to begin at the end of this month with a new round of talks involving six world powers and Tehran – shows signs of progress, the risk of a "spoiler" incident, aimed at torpedoing that effort, would increase.
(13) SPOILER ALERT: This blog discusses plot points from Freak Show, the fourth season of American Horror Story.
(14) It’s a remorseless process of winnowing down, from which only one worthy champion can emerge* and the Guardian is here the whole way through, with spoiler alerts roughly every minute, having read the book (Klinsi turns out to have been a wolf all along...) One of tonight’s teams is playing roughly a game a minute at the moment — Confederations Cup and Gold Cup scheduling saw Jamaica’s game against Mexico moved to earlier this week — and that 1-0 loss was the first of three games the Jamaicans will play in eight days (Mexico are doing the same thing).
(15) Strong off-odours are produced on boiled shrimp by the "typical shrimp spoilers" (presumptive Altermonas).
(16) Do you really need a spoiler alert if I say “Guess the ending?” The best books I have read recently are the ones that resist the simplistic love-cures-all conclusions.
(17) With the sequel set 10 years on from the events of the first film, which – *spoiler alert* – saw the majority of the human race catch a bad case of the simian flu, the likely assumption was that Franco's character would have quickly perished.
(18) But it adds an extra dimension by intercutting these scenes with documentary material, most notably – spoiler alert!
(19) The BBC accused ITV, which tried to buy The Voice format for itself, of bringing Britain's Got Talent forward from its usual April launch date as a spoiler.
(20) But the build up and hype were huge, and since it has started screening, people have been paranoid about spoilers.
Surprise
Definition:
(n.) The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.
(n.) The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment.
(n.) Anything that causes such a state or emotion.
(n.) A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents.
(n.) To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.
(n.) To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me.
(n.) To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity.
(n.) To hold possession of; to hold.
Example Sentences:
(1) If Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, who bought the island in 1738, were to return today he would doubtless recognise the scene, though he might be surprised that his small private buildings have grown into a sizable hotel.
(2) Surprisingly, the clonal elimination of V beta 6+ cells is preceded by marked expansion of these cells.
(3) Given Australia’s number one position as the worst carbon emitter per capita among major western nations it seems hardly surprising that islanders from Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and other small island developing states have been turning to Australia with growing exasperation demanding the country demonstrate an appropriate response and responsibility.
(4) S&P – the only one of the three major agencies not to have stripped the UK of its coveted AAA status – said it had been surprised at the pick-up in activity during 2013 – a year that began with fears of a triple-dip recession.
(5) Why is it so surprising to people that a boy like Chol, just out of conflict, has thought through the needs of his country in such a detailed way?” While Beah’s zeal is laudable, the situation in South Sudan is dire .
(6) Diabetic retinopathy (an index of microangiopathy) and absence of peripheral pulses, amputation, or history of myocardial infarction, stroke, or transient ischemic attacks (as evidence of macroangiopathy) caused surprisingly little increase in relative risk for cardiovascular death.
(7) Just don’t be surprised if they ask you to repair their phones, too.
(8) One surprising finding is that the MAL1g-encoded maltose permease exhibits little sequence homology to the MAL1-encoded maltose permease though they appear to be functionally homologous.
(9) Surprisingly, however, despite the severe defect in viral DNA replication, the synthesis of a few species of viral late proteins continues in cells infected by some of the E1B mutants.
(10) Thus, during treatment with ethambutol visually (pattern) evoked potentials may reveal a surprisingly high percentage of subclinical optic neuritis.
(11) Somewhat surprisingly then, in view of the mechanisms in mammals, birds do not seem to use this seasonal message in the photoperiodic control of reproduction.
(12) Infants were habituated to models posing either prototypically positive displays (e.g., happy expressions) or positive expression blends (e.g., mock surprise).
(13) The BBA statistics director, David Dooks, said: "It was no surprise to see the January mortgage figures falling back from December, when transactions were being pushed through to beat the end of stamp duty relief.
(14) "We knew people would be interested in the announcement, but it's fair to say that the scale of the excitement, right across the world, took us all by surprise.
(15) When you have champions of financial rectitude such as the International Monetary Fund and OECD warning of the international risk of an "explosion of social unrest" and arguing for a new fiscal stimulus if growth continues to falter, it's hardly surprising that tensions in the cabinet over next month's spending review are spilling over.
(16) Myelodysplastic preleukemic syndromes (MDPS) and acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) share a surprising in vivo sensitivity to the hormonally acting 13 cis or all trans retinoic acids (transRA).
(17) Apple has come out fighting, which is no surprise given the remarkable success that the company has seen in recent years.
(18) His words surprised some because of an impression that the US was unwilling to talk about these issues.
(19) A teaching union has questioned appointment of a trustee of Britain's largest academy chain group as chairman of the schools regulator Ofsted , in what was a surprise announcement meant to calm some of the internal conflicts within the coalition.
(20) Given that a post-poll economy still registers as a crucial issue among undecided voters, and that matters economic are now his BBC day job, that was hardly surprising.