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View usage for: (deprɪdeɪʃən) Word forms: plural depredationsvariable nounThe depredations of a person, animal, or force are their harmful actions, which usually involve taking or damaging something. [formal] Crops can be all too easily decimated by unchecked depredations by deer. Much of the region's environmental depredation is a result of poor planning. Synonyms: destruction, ravaging, devastation, ransacking More Synonyms of depredation depredation in British English (ˌdɛprɪˈdeɪʃən) nounthe act or an instance of plundering; robbery; pillage depredation in American English (ˌdɛprəˈdeɪʃən) noun the act or an instance of robbing, plundering, or laying waste Word origin LL depraedatio: see depredate Synonyms of 'depredation'destruction, ravaging, devastation, ransacking More Synonyms of depredation Definition plundering Crops can be decimated by the unchecked depredations of deer. Synonyms destruction ravaging ransacking marauding laying waste despoiling rapine spoliation Additional synonymsA huge bomb blast brought devastation to the centre of the city. Synonyms destruction, ruin, havoc, ravages, demolition, plunder, pillage, desolation, depredation, ruination, spoliation Definition the act of pillaging There were no signs of violence or pillage. Synonyms plundering, sacking, robbery, plunder, sack, devastation, marauding, depredation, rapine, spoliation Definition the act of plundering a guerrilla group infamous for plunder Synonyms pillage, sacking, robbery, marauding, rapine, spoliation Nearby words ofdepredation - deprecatory
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