despoliation
Example Sentences
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If the final AR image of plastic bags, echoed by one onstage, gestures toward a critique of environmental despoliation, it’s a wan gesture.
From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023
Matt: Environmental despoliation appears multiple times in “Andor.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022
Others, including conservationists and environmentalists, fear pollution and despoliation.
From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2020
Garth’s masterful book ends with a reminder that a profound concern for the environment and its despoliation imbues Tolkien’s work.
From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2020
Their smooth whiteness suggested wonderful possibilities for despoliation, the drawing of a picture, the writing of a poem, the careless writhing autograph that caused my relatives so much despair.
From Tiger Cat by Keller, David H.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
