depredate

Definition of depredatenext

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Verb
  • Orange County also has financial plundering stories.
    John Moorlach, Oc Register, 2 Mar. 2026
  • If there really was a class of unaccountable, libertine global élites plundering the world, then wasn’t Trump obviously a member?
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In the 21st century, oil extraction has become a serious threat to Ecuadoran Amazonia, with large swaths of forest, often located in Indigenous territories, despoiled by the release of wastewater from the wells.
    Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Decades of despoiling water bodies have taken a terrible toll, filling water bodies with fetid algae that blocks sunlight and smothers the native seagrass beds that are a main food source for manatees.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • North Texas — whose roster was pillaged in the portal and saw its top players leave for Oklahoma State alongside former head coach Eric Morris — have signed 42 transfers.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
  • In a landscape of sequels and overly pillaged IP, the Stranger Things finale is finite and close-ended, the credits rolling once and for all.
    Yohana Desta, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • YggTorrent has since confirmed the hacker looted sensitive data, including user passwords.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Most family homes had been robbed and looted.
    Yousra Elbagir, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Last year, the Eagles sacked Patrick Mahomes six times in Philadelphia’s 40-22 victory over the Chiefs.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Rumors Tuttle was on verge of being sacked first surfaced on February 26 after Conservative tabloid newspaper Bild reported Weimer had called an extraordinary meeting to discuss her future as festival director.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The port has already planted acres of mangroves and sea grass and donated the land to the state of Florida to offset the habitat that would be destroyed during dredging.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The reasons for this cautious response are many, ranging from the precarious diplomatic implications of the conflict, disruptions to its energy security, and the embarrassing implications of allowing an ally to be destroyed.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Ozzy Lusth is marauding through the jungle, Sandra Diaz-Twine is lunging out of a shelter, and Johnny Fairplay’s real grandmother fake dies.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But their deployment, marauding the streets of American communities, operating with military posture and lethal force, supersedes that mission and strikes at the heart of constitutional governance.
    Larry Pino, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Brooklyn went on to accuse his mother of trying to sabotage their wedding day, and both his parents of pressuring him to sign away the rights to his name in the lead-up to their nuptials.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Continue reading … TOURNAMENT CRISIS — Republicans warn shutdown could sabotage World Cup security as matches loom in June.
    , FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Depredate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depredate. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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