Synonyms of depredation

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depredation

noun

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as in extermination

formal a usually violent act in which something is damaged or destroyed or in which a person or animal is killed

The town had somehow escaped the depredations of enemy soldiers.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extermination
• destruction
• extinction
• slaughter
• massacre
• devastation
• despoliation
• despoilment
• annihilation
• decimation
• assassination
• obliteration
• demolition
• wastage
• killing
• loss
• havoc
• disintegration
• ruination
• execution
• collapse
• demolishment
• desolation
• ruin
• breakup
• wreckage
• dissolution
• eradication
• mincemeat
• dismantlement
• effacement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conservation
• protection
• saving
• salvation
• preservation
• rescue
• reclamation
• restoration
• salvage
• reconstruction
• construction
• renovation
• remodeling
• building
• refurbishment
• regeneracy
• erection
• re-creation
• raising

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• conservation
• protection
• saving
• salvation
• preservation
• rescue
• reclamation
• restoration
• salvage
• reconstruction
• construction
• renovation
• remodeling
• building
• refurbishment
• regeneracy
• erection
• re-creation
• raising

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