DEPREDATED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

depredated

verb

past tense of depredate

as in despoiled

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One looks to the story of the Haitian World Cup team, appearing in the tournament for the first time in fifty years, which has gathered expatriate players from the Haitian diaspora to play for that beautiful and utterly despoiled country, where many of them have never lived.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
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

Definition of despoiled

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When he was finally allowed to go out again, his Jewish school inside a Berlin synagogue had been burned down, the Jewish hat store opposite his home had been looted, and the windows of the stationery shop next door had been smashed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
The Kingdom of Benin, in what is now Nigeria, was looted of roughly 5,000 religious objects by the British in 1897.

— News Desk, Artforum, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of looted

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Military leaders on both sides have also plundered Sudan’s vast gold reserves, smuggling much of their takings out of the country.

— Mat Nashed, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026
Social media posts and merchant reports said luxury and beauty stores, including Sephora, Celine, Burberry and Louis Vuitton, were plundered.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of plundered

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In Bulgaria, authorities found and destroyed a Russian Gerbera-2 drone, which was not carrying explosives, in the waters of the country’s northern Black Sea coast, the Defense Ministry said Friday.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
He was born in 1941 in the village of al-Birwa, which was destroyed by Israeli forces in 1948.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026

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The Digest Lawmakers in Italy are examining a new bill to create a committee that will research provenance and facilitate the restitution of art and cultural items pillaged by Nazis and Italian police between 1933 and 1945.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Shopkeepers who’ve found their livelihoods suddenly at stake wonder where the police were while groups looted and pillaged with impunity.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of pillaged

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In June 1940, Nazis attacked the city of Orléans, burning an annex of its fine arts museum, known as the Musée Paul Fourché, which was subsequently almost entirely ransacked, likely by people on both sides of the conflict.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Hours later, vandals smashed scores of windows around the corner and ransacked stores as neighbors watched in horror from apartments above.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of ransacked

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No one was injured in Sunday's strike on the village of Komyshuvakha, but specialized rescue equipment was damaged, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
Remove dead or damaged branches anytime to keep shrubs healthy and shapely.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 8 Nov. 2026

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