To lose these recordings would be an act of cultural despoliation.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He bemoans the 'tsunami' of 1920s semis and, especially, the despoliation wreaked by the car.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
See that brutality, that infantilisation, that despoliation and desecration, thatendless warfare, that emotional nihilism, that bottomless corruption — that's us.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This asserts that the despoliation of the planet has resulted from mankind's illegitimate assertion of superiority over the natural world.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And one horror echoes down the centuries: the despoliation of a green and pleasant land.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Synonyms of 'despoliation'
plunder, ruin, destruction, looting
More Synonyms of despoliation
(noun)
(formal)
the despoliation of the countryside by roads
Synonyms
plunder
ruin
It is the ruin of society.
destruction
the extensive destruction caused by the rioters
looting
havoc
Rioters caused havoc in the centre of the town.
wreckage
devastation
A huge bomb blast brought devastation to the centre of the city.
vandalism
pillage
There were no signs of violence or pillage.
depredation
Crops can be decimated by the unchecked depredations of deer.
despoilment
Additional synonyms
in the sense of depredation
Definition
plundering
Crops can be decimated by the unchecked depredations of deer.
Synonyms
destruction,
ravaging,
devastation,
ransacking,
pillage,
plunder,
marauding,
laying waste,
despoiling,
rapine,
spoliation
in the sense of destruction
Definition
the act of destroying something or state of being destroyed
the extensive destruction caused by the rioters
Synonyms
ruin,
havoc,
wreckage,
crushing,
wrecking,
shattering,
undoing,
demolition,
devastation,
annihilation,
ruination
in the sense of devastation
A huge bomb blast brought devastation to the centre of the city.