Synonym: predation, ravage. Similar words: predation, deprecation, depreciation, deprivation, depravation, predate, proportional representation, predator. Meaning: [‚deprɪ'deɪʃn] 
n. 1. an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding 2. (usually plural) a destructive action.
n. 1. an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding 2. (usually plural) a destructive action. 
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1. The sea makes depredations on the land.
2. The entire area has suffered the depredations of war.
3. The town survived the depredations of marauding gangs.
4. Much of the region's environmental depredation is a result of poor planning.
5. Most southern towns have suffered from the reckless depredation of the armed gang.
6. They loot and impose depredations on the countries where they operate.
7. Davis's depredations received a public airing at last when he sued the Hamilton Times for libel in 1868.
8. Hayes, however, took no action to end depredations against blacks who wanted to vote.
9. So, despite the great depredations of the slave trade, there was demographic growth.
10. Obviously no species could withstand such depredations for long, although the present losses of habitat may be considered even more serious.
11. Depredation and war with clear always.
12. However the depredation and waste of water is serious in water diversion project.
13. In essence, officers must give up the depredation conception remained and accept the exchange conception.
14. The ultimate cause is that the strong depredation and expansion of urbanization lead to discordance between regions, cities and rural areas.
15. The processes of depredation, amortization, and depletion discussed in this chapter all have a common goal.
16. Aster was calculating on three days of depredation and one day to escape.
17. The hideous iron railings round the tombs of the more opulent dead were intended to protect them against the depredations of body-snatchers.
18. The deer had become very numerous by this time in the New Forest, and there were numerous complaints about their depredations.
19. He will not change and if permitted will repeat the same challenges and depredations in his neighborhood.
20. Settled land in Roman law was to a considerable degree free from the depredations of creditors.
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21. The deeper problems in the art market have to do with the depredations of the auction houses.
22. The synergism between erosion and corrosion is main factor resulting in slurry erosion depredation of materials.
23. Land requisition system has been the major way in which the assets of farmers are lost. Its depredation of farmers has outrun "scissors difference" in planned economy.
24. The visit of all these marauders must be anticipated, and measures taken to prevent their depredation.
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