despoliation

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022

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

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

When this despoliation was discovered, the rulers of the Empire removed Seti's mummy and the mummies of other kings to a tomb near the Temple of Der-el-bahri which could be more closely guarded.

From A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise by Jacob, Robert Urie