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
Others, including conservationists and environmentalists, fear pollution and despoliation.
From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2020
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
The monasteries were doomed, and before long means were found to enlist most of the Irish landowners, Celts no less than Normans, in favour of the despoliation.
From The Story of Ireland by Lawless, Emily
