depredation 音标拼音: [d
, ɛprəd'eʃən]
n . 掠夺,破坏痕迹
掠夺,破坏痕迹
depredation n 1 :
an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding [
synonym :
{
depredation }, {
predation }]
2 : (
usually plural )
a destructive action ; "
the ravages of time ";
"
the depredations of age and disease " [
synonym : {
ravage },
{
depredation }]
Depredation \
Dep `
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da "
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n . [
L .
depraedatio :
cf .
F .
d ['
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dation .]
The act of depredating ,
or the state of being depredated ;
the act of despoiling or making inroads ;
as ,
the sea often makes depredation on the land .
[
1913 Webster ]
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "
depredation ":
banditry ,
bloodbath ,
blue ruin ,
breakup ,
brigandage ,
brigandism ,
carnage ,
consumption ,
damnation ,
decimation ,
desolation ,
despoiling ,
despoilment ,
despoliation ,
destruction ,
devastation ,
direption ,
disintegration ,
disorganization ,
disruption ,
dissolution ,
foraging ,
foray ,
freebooting ,
havoc ,
hecatomb ,
holocaust ,
laying waste ,
looting ,
marauding ,
perdition ,
pillage ,
pillaging ,
plunder ,
plundering ,
raid ,
raiding ,
ransacking ,
rape ,
rapine ,
ravage ,
ravagement ,
ravages ,
ravaging ,
ravishment ,
razzia ,
reiving ,
rifling ,
robbery ,
ruin ,
ruination ,
sack ,
sacking ,
shambles ,
slaughter ,
spoiling ,
spoliation ,
undoing ,
vandalism ,
waste ,
wrack ,
wrack and ruin ,
wreck
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