despoiling

ADJECTIVE

predatory

Synonyms

STRONGEST

greedy marauding rapacious voracious

WEAK

bloodthirsty carnivorous depredatory hungry hunting pillaging plundering predacious predative preying raptorial ravaging ravening thieving vulturine vulturous wolfish

NOUN

depredation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

wasting

STRONG

burglary crime desecration desolation pillage plunder ransacking rapine ravaging robbery sacking spoliation stealing theft

WEAK

laying waste marauding

Antonyms

WEAK

boon construction goodness miracle wonder

NOUN

havoc

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calamity cataclysm catastrophe chaos confusion destruction devastation disruption mayhem

STRONG

damage desolation dilapidation disorder loss plunder ravages ruination shambles vandalism waste wreck wreckage

WEAK

rack and ruin

Antonyms

STRONGEST

blessing boon building calm construction creation good fortune good luck happiness harmony miracle order organization system wonder

WEAK

peace

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Despoiling the slain, and taking with them some thirty horses, the victorious Spaniards rode in triumph back to Castellar.

From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII by Morris, Charles

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