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
But it takes work to see them, to look past the pervasive despoliation and reconcile the rough hand of man with the fragility of old forests and mountains.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2017
“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 Edward Mandell House
