depredation
Meaning of depredation
- an act of attacking or plundering.
protecting grain from the depredations of rats and mice
late 15th century (in the sense ‘plundering, robbery’, (plural) ‘ravages’): from French déprédation, from late Latin depraedatio(n- ), from depraedari ‘plunder’.
Information about depredation
- It is a name.
- The plural form of depredation is: depredations.
- Languages in which depredation is used:
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Hyphenation of depredation
depre-da-tion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- depredation is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
depredation synonyms
Meaning predation:
Meaning ravage:
Meaning steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder:
Meaning the violent and dishonest acquisition of property:
Meaning steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot:
Meaning rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime:
Meaning take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force:
Meaning the action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force:
Meaning conduct a raid on:
Meaning cause severe and extensive damage to:
Meaning an act of dismissing someone from employment:
Meaning a large bag made of a strong material such as hessian, thick paper, or plastic, used for storing and carrying goods:
Meaning go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage:
Meaning great destruction or damage:
Meaning the remains of something that has been badly damaged or destroyed:
Meaning the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired:
Meaning physical harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function of something:
Meaning the destructive effects of something:
Meaning a rapid surprise attack on an enemy by troops, aircraft, or other armed forces:
Meaning steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder:
Meaning the action of despoiling or the condition of being despoiled; plunder:
Meaning the violent seizure of someone's property:
Meaning violent seizure of prey or property; plunder:
Meaning the action of ruining or destroying something:
Meaning carry out raids in order to plunder:
Translation of depredation
- Italian: saccheggio, depredazione
- French: déprédation
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