depredation
(noun)
noun
1. an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
Similar word(s): predation
Definition categories: act, pillage, pillaging, plundering
2. (usually plural) a destructive action
- the depredations of age and disease
Similar word(s): ravage
Definition categories: event, demolition, destruction, wipeout
Sentences with depredation as a noun:
- Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had long known that his fragile supply and communication lines through Tennessee were in serious jeopardy because of depredations by Forrest's cavalry raids. (Battle of Brice's Crossroads)