despoliation
Example Sentences
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Matt: Environmental despoliation appears multiple times in “Andor.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022
They drove industry, which drove the despoliation of the planet.
From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2021
Others, including conservationists and environmentalists, fear pollution and despoliation.
From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2020
Any further despoliation of the oceans would have to be stopped, including the dumping of wastes, plastics, engine fuel, and runoff pesticides.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2020
Afterwards I had reason to believe in the wholesale despoliation.
From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
