despoliations

plural of despoliation

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for despoliations
Noun
  • 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
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
  • Unable to leave, residents rely on each other In another neighborhood, a view of the brilliant deep blue of the Mediterranean, a block away, framed the ruins of what had been a famous creamery – Karrit Ice Cream.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026
  • And then the next issue became the funeral, instead of just Scott and Jean hanging out in the ruins.
    Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Instant extinctions are not limited to mechanical innovations like photography and cinematography, however.
    Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • Although the cartilaginous fish have survived the last five extinctions our planet has faces, more than a third of shark and ray species are threatened with extinction due to overfishing, habitat loss and climate change.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Noun
  • McMahon said seven office buildings are planned for redevelopment with the potential to create more than 750 residential units, with some demolitions likely.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
  • The measure would suspend Historic Preservation Board review across the Downtown Historic District for three years, routing decisions — including demolitions — around the board entirely.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • But in recent weeks, the fish have wreaked havoc for fishermen off the coast of Crete and several other Greek islands, chomping through nets.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • Heat and humidity can wreak havoc on their circuitry and batteries.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026
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“Despoliations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despoliations. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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