Synonyms of depredations

depredations

noun

plural of depredation

as in exterminations

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

• exterminations
• extinctions
• destructions
• devastations
• massacres
• slaughters
• assassinations
• ruins
• havoc
• obliterations
• losses
• annihilations
• killings
• demolitions
• despoliations
• decimations
• collapses
• wastages
• wreckages
• executions
• disintegrations
• desolations
• despoilments
• breakups
• ruinations
• mincemeats
• demolishments
• dissolutions
• eradications
• dismantlements
• effacements

Dissimilar Words

• savings
• rescues
• salvations
• protections
• salvages
• preservations
• conservations
• reclamations
• restorations
• reconstructions
• buildings
• renovations
• refurbishments
• constructions
• erections
• regeneracies
• re-creations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of depredations

The number of depredations in Catron County is declining, even though wolf populations are growing, KUNM found. — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Not until early in the next century did Congress take on the depredations of Gilded Age plutocrats. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

According to the Montana Grizzly Bear Conflict Dashboard, the state has recorded 101 conflicts so far this year, including 30 livestock depredations and 34 encounters with humans. — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 15 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

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

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