despoliation

Example Sentences

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Matt: Environmental despoliation appears multiple times in “Andor.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022

But the application of modern science and engineering to economic affairs also set in motion a ruinous despoliation of the planet.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2021

Others, including conservationists and environmentalists, fear pollution and despoliation.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2020

These are stories of painful awakenings and refusals of innocence, emerging out of the ashes of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, despoliation and environmental plunder.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2018

“There are many and devious ways by which the law can be evaded and by which the despoliation of the public may be accomplished,” said Selwyn.

From Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 by House, Edward Mandell