Synonyms of depredation

depredation

noun

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.

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of depredation

Melissa Farris, 41, of Elizabethtown, was arrested on federal charges of depredation against property of the United States and destruction of veterans' memorials, according to previous reporting. — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026

She was charged with depredation against federal property and destruction of veterans’ memorials. — Liam Scott, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026

Plus the farmers there see it as a useful depredation tool and the locals like the meat (more on that below). — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2026

As the Shiite arc of alliance weakens from Iran to Lebanon due to the US/Israeli depredation of Tehran’s power, Sunni states look set to fill the vacuum. — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

No amount of macho beatdowns in the UFC cage matches on the White House lawn will make anyone forget Epstein’s depredations. — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

The striped bass shark depredations have also been occurring off Chatham’s Monomoy Island — a hotspot for seals, which attract great white sharks. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 15 June 2026

More than $1 million has reportedly been paid to rancher claimants for wildlife depredation. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 18 May 2026

His nanny was his fierce protector and insulated him from the depredations of Nazis and their enablers, baptizing him and teaching him to handily hurl anti-Jewish epithets to fit in. — Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026