despoil

Example Sentences

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There is an economic aspect to the story in that greed is driving developers to despoil these areas because they see profit.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2023

The project would despoil a mostly pristine wilderness area.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2022

That measure is opposed by members of the local Mura tribe, who say mining would despoil the natural habitat upon which they depend.

From Reuters • Mar. 23, 2022

Please don’t despoil it by ordering a copy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2020

Yet we have made the vow; and though no other human generation hath done other than despoil, perhaps we shall be the first.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson