despoliations

plural of despoliation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for despoliations
Noun
  • From July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, Idaho Wildlife Services investigated 99 wolf depredations.
    Nathan Rott, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
  • McQueen has claimed that depredations on livestock and pets by wolves in her county have become a public safety concern.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The company also has Fox Nation, a subscription streamer featuring lifestyle and other programming substantially designed to appeal to superfans of Fox News Channel, long the biggest of the 24/7 news operations but facing cord-cutting’s decimations like all its cable brethren.
    David Bloom, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Sardinia, an Italian island in the Mediterranean just south of France's Corsica, is famed for its beaches and ancient ruins.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Well, or how the ancient ruins of Petra stole the show in the final scenes of Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).
    Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Unlike the dinosaurs, however, researchers and wildlife officials are working to slow down or even stop these extinctions — and sometimes bring animals back from the brink.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The key for the future may be keeping rates of environmental change slow enough to avoid extinctions.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Those four demolitions have been on pause while the neighborhood association seeks historic status.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2025
  • What transpired was one of the most one-sided and shocking demolitions in WWE history.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • While not all of the federal government’s tariff revenue is at risk, losing a huge chunk would still create havoc on the deficit and bond market.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Steve gently coaxes him back to school, where the film crew is causing havoc.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Despoliations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despoliations. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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