despoliation
Example Sentences
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If the final AR image of plastic bags, echoed by one onstage, gestures toward a critique of environmental despoliation, it’s a wan gesture.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
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
Whenever we can appropriate without despoliation or loss, or without a damaging monopoly, we tie the people to the backgrounds.
From The Holy Earth by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
