depredations

plural of depredation

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Recent Examples of depredations This also lines up with the DNR’s data, which shows that most wolf depredations on hunting dogs take place during the hound training season in July and August, as well as during hunting season in the fall. Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025 Despite years of sitting on the sidelines, the United States has an opportunity to reassert itself in seeking to end the depredations of the junta and advance the cause of democracy in Myanmar. Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025 Much of Russian research never fully recovered from the depredations of the Stalin era. Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 From July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, Idaho Wildlife Services investigated 99 wolf depredations. Nathan Rott, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depredations
Noun
  • All part of our great age of extinctions.
    Robert Minhinnick, The Dial, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Yet, there are some extinctions that have felt significantly more tragic than others.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Torture, mutilations, massacres.
    Greg Grandin September 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Syria’s current government has in some cases released Assadist figures accused of massacres and appointed former militia leaders accused of crimes against civilians to high ranks in the new army.
    Robin Yassin-Kassab, Time, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Depredations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depredations. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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