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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Its main office in Caracas was looted by regime supporters while hundreds of party activists were jailed or fled the country.

— John Otis, NPR, 16 July 2026
Gran Grif operates in the country’s heartland, where dozens of houses were looted and burned and during a predawn assault in March in the town of Jean-Denis in the Lower Artibonite region.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

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But just like all other houses in Collins First Nation, her home was completely destroyed by the fires.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
The 1951 Flood claimed lives, destroyed homes and businesses, and scattered one of Kansas City’s largest Hispanic communities.

— Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

Definition of destroyed

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But Nolan also throws a meditative new wrinkle into the story, as Odysseus comes to grips with his role in the Trojan War, leading the charge as his men raped, murdered and pillaged in his name.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 July 2026
For decades, tomb raiders have pillaged sites across the country, selling them on the black market.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 June 2026

Definition of pillaged

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Royal forces ransacked every ship that arrived at Alexandria, searching for scrolls.

— Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Some people climbed a lifeguard tower, while others ran through traffic and ransacked stalls where artisans sold their goods, police said at the time.

— Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 7 July 2026

Definition of ransacked

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Kuwait has borne the brunt of Iranian strikes, with a desalination plant and oil refinery damaged.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Overnight strikes damaged two tunnels and a bridge, disrupting a main highway toward Bandar Abbas, Iran's main port that sits near the narrowest part of the strait, according to IRNA.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026

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