as in depredation
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of predation
On the flip side, uncontrolled access also left them at risk of disease and parasites and increased the likelihood of death or injury as a result of traffic or predation.
—
Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
This grim structure has varied with time, yet its fundamentals—economic predation, white supremacy—remain intact.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Like the elf owl, the Socorro dove suffered heavily from cat predation and habitat loss.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
The plovers remain vulnerable to predation, environmental changes and continuing beach development, according to the plover conservation team.
—Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for predation
Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
This grim structure has varied with time, yet its fundamentals—economic predation, white supremacy—remain intact.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Like the elf owl, the Socorro dove suffered heavily from cat predation and habitat loss.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
The plovers remain vulnerable to predation, environmental changes and continuing beach development, according to the plover conservation team.
—Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for predation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predation
Noun
-
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
-
Four people were arrested, and three were charged felony offenses of assaulting a federal officer, while the fourth was charged with misdemeanor offense of depredation of government property, according to a Department of Justice press release.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
The spoliation inference becomes a presumption of guilt that's incredibly challenging to overcome.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
-
Last Friday, Damien Marshall and other King & Spalding attorneys on behalf of MSG filed a memorandum of law in opposition to Oakley’s motion for what are known as spoliation sanctions, meaning a punishment for failure to preserve relevant evidence.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
14 May 2025
Noun
-
The antifa movement was often blamed by police for the violence and looting that occurred in the aftermath of the murder.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
-
Sewer workers discovered a 2,300-year-old tomb containing ceramic artifacts and showing signs of ancient looting.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
First, the marauding, overlapping wing-backs drag markers away with decoy runs, opening up lanes for the attacking midfielders to exploit.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
Vikings, for example, used the extra daylight to sneak in a longer pillage sesh.—
Corey Buhay,
Outside Online,
19 June 2025
-
Otherwise, illicit actors will continue to profit from their pillage.—
Justyna Gudzowska,
Foreign Affairs,
2 June 2025
Noun
-
Amid the pillaging of homes, Roman magistrates were likely sent to the city to prevent an anarchic type of existence, based on ancient literary sources the authors referenced in the study.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
As an alliance grew between senators and financial powers, public figures began profiting from real-estate speculation, slave trading, and overseas plunder—while masking their involvement.—
Zephyr Teachout,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
-
Reparations, long proposed as the only measure proportionate to the scale of racial plunder, look increasingly like a political, economic, and legal non-starter.—
Idrees Kahloon,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Predation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predation. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share