despoliation
Example Sentences
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Matt: Environmental despoliation appears multiple times in “Andor.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022
They drove industry, which drove the despoliation of the planet.
From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2021
But the application of modern science and engineering to economic affairs also set in motion a ruinous despoliation of the planet.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2021
Published in 1972, Le Guin’s book asserted that colonialism, extractivism, and environmental despoliation are endemic to humankind, and we surely haven’t proved her wrong in the years since.
From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2020
Besides this was the home of a prominent loyalist, protected from despoliation by high authority.
From My Lady of Doubt by Kimball, Alonzo
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
