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despoilment

noun as in rape

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The 1971 amendment mandates that New Mexico prevent the despoilment of air, water and other natural resources.

Bolsonaro has been outspoken in promoting development in Brazil’s vast hinterlands, but he has bristled at accusations that his government is encouraging despoilment and deforestation.

Bolsonaro has been outspoken in promoting development in the country’s vast hinterlands, but he has bristled at accusations his government is encourging despoilment and deforestation.

Historians François Jarrige and Thomas Le Roux unpick the broader social, economic and political factors underpinning our despoilment of the environment in their altogether more comprehensive history of pollution, The Contamination of the Earth.

From Nature

Author of more than 15 poetry and essay collections, Oliver wrote brief, direct pieces that sang of her worship of the outdoors and disdain for greed, despoilment and other human crimes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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