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
Day and night the game went on without abatement, the game of despoliation.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
