depredating

present participle of depredate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for depredating
Verb
  • The store released a black-and-white video showing the thieves, which appears to be at least four suspects, plundering the business.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Protests intensified over the weekend, with rioters targeting the homes of lawmakers, ransacking and looting properties, and burning government buildings, according to media reports.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Apex Legends, for instance, added Wildcard Mode, which drops looting to focus on faster combat.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the 2024-25 NBA season, Josh, who serves as the Denver Nuggets’ CEO and team president, was instrumental in sacking head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The results also come on the heels of Qantas recently being hit with a record A$90 million penalty for illegally sacking 1,800 ground staff.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The two initial quakes flattened villages in both provinces, destroying more than 6,700 homes, and rescue workers pulled bodies from the rubble on Thursday.
    Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • As Greengrass was editing the picture, wildfires tore through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena in Southern California, killing residents and destroying homes.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Protests intensified over the weekend, with rioters targeting the homes of lawmakers, ransacking and looting properties, and burning government buildings, according to media reports.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But on an evening back in July, inordinate rainfall led to unrelenting floodwaters ravaging the lower level of Pledger’s home.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to fight wildfires ravaging the country, as southern Europe faces a wave of extreme climate events fueled by heatwaves.
    Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The sophomore, who is the youngest player ever voted captain under coach Jay Norvell, was a one-man wrecking crew against the Huskies with a game-high 13 tackles.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For 25 years, Chavism has co-opted Venezuela's infrastructure for its own enrichment, persecuting journalists and opposition, wrecking the economy, and leaving its citizens in poverty.
    Kristina Foltz, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • How is annihilating the world a good defensive measure?
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
  • An example of that is the suggestion that certain dark matter candidates could become trapped in neutron stars, gathering and gradually annihilating each other thus heating these stellar remnants.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Depredating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depredating. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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