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depredation

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌdɛpɹəˈdeɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted addeeinoprtStarts with DEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

Word origin

From Middle French déprédation, from Latin depraedatio.

Used in a sentence

  • An animal that produces only two to four young per year cannot suffer vast depredations on the adult population without drastic effects.
  • Depredation of cultivated crops by elephants is widespread in both Africa and Asia.
  • Despite losing its overall roof to the depredations of the Luftwaffe in the Second World War, the main building survives in all its Gothic glory.

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