depredation
- noun (n)
Meaning: devastation, destruction
Synonyms:
burglary
crime
desecration
desolation
despoiling
laying waste
marauding
pillage
plunder
ransacking
rapine
ravaging
robbery
sacking
spoliation
stealing
theft
wasting
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