- present participle of despoil.
despoiling
Example Sentences
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Plastic, along with other litter, is also despoiling the landscape and polluting our waterways.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
The world is currently producing about 400 million tonnes of plastic waste every year, with less than 10% of it being recycled, according to the UN Environment Programme, choking landfills and despoiling oceans.
From Reuters ● Nov. 12, 2023
Residents of Papua New Guinea have accused the mining company Rio Tinto of violating their human rights by despoiling the land where they live.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
The catalog of ills is long: there is the decay of the centers and the despoiling of the suburbs.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
“We are on the trail of a gang of international thieves who came to France for the purpose of despoiling our museums,” a police spokesman announced.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
