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

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

Published in 1972, Le Guin’s book asserted that colonialism, extractivism, and environmental despoliation are endemic to humankind, and we surely haven’t proved her wrong in the years since.

From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2020

Because, having pledged the national word to respect our rights, it would be an act of despoliation, besides an open violation of pledged honor, to take the lands without some pretext of a legal process.

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.