depredated

past tense of depredate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for depredated
Verb
  • The Ohio Anti-Slavery Society’s 1835 report told of a Black family whose home had been broken into and looted the year before.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • California museum’s collection looted Police are investigating the theft of more than 1,000 items taken from the Oakland Museum of California.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Pahlavi ruled from 1941 to 1979, when the Islamic Revolution ousted him amid allegations of repression and accusations that the pro-Western longtime ruler had plundered his nation’s treasury.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Abroad, America’s élite soldiers killed and plundered.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Among them was Eilene Oken, 38, who walked through what used to be her neighbourhood, only to find her home completely destroyed.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Just under two million Palestinians—virtually the entire population of Gaza—have been displaced since October 2023, many repeatedly, and Israeli forces have damaged or destroyed more than 90 percent of homes in the Strip.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • At the same time, members of the powerful Viv Ansanm gang coalition had pillaged and/or burned at least 410 residences and other buildings, including six schools, health centers and local nongovernmental organizations during the period.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • On the fumble, he was sacked for a loss of 14 yards in a crucial third-and-10 situation late in the first half.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025
  • In the February, he was sacked, and this time Perez said yes to the top job at Vallecas.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Hours after thieves launched a brazen heist at the Louvre in Paris, another French museum was ransacked.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The prosecution said Hernandez hit Murray's wife and bound her with duct tape in the kitchen and Zuazo ransacked the house.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The sauna business will launch at Hart Park months after historic August flooding damaged and closed much of the 52-acre park, which is located on a floodplain.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Stop Fertilizing Fertilizing prompts new growth, and fall isn’t the time for crepe myrtle trees or shrubs to focus on developing new branches and leaves that can be damaged by winter freezes.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • However her past experiences haven't ruined the actress' trips back home.
    Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • That’s why his mistress threw in with Frank to intimidate Dale into a land deal that would have ruined any chance of Chutto’s family ever getting their land back.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Depredated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depredated. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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