DEPREDATION Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Dating to the 17th century, the word most commonly appears in contexts relating to nature and ecology, where it is often used to describe the methodical, almost automatic destruction of life
DEPREDATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary depredation of The entire area has suffered the depredations of war Depredation of (= damage done to) the environment is destroying hundreds of species each year
Depredation - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com The horrors of war include depredation — the plundering and ransacking of the defeated and their homes, the terrible, unrestrained preying on the conquered The word depredation entails all of the pain humans inflict upon each other
Depredation - definition of depredation by The Free Dictionary Define depredation depredation synonyms, depredation pronunciation, depredation translation, English dictionary definition of depredation n 1 A predatory attack; a raid 2 Damage or loss; ravage: " withstood the wear and tear of enthusiastic music lovers and the normal depredations of time"
depredation - Wiktionary, the free dictionary depredation (countable and uncountable, plural depredations) An animal that produces only two to four young per year cannot suffer vast depredations on the adult population without drastic effects Depredation of cultivated crops by elephants is widespread in both Africa and Asia