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

They drove industry, which drove the despoliation of the planet.

From Washington Post

But the application of modern science and engineering to economic affairs also set in motion a ruinous despoliation of the planet.

From Salon

He said the court’s decision represented “a second despoliation of the painting.”

From New York Times

Trump also may have a motive for his environmental policies — enriching timber companies and the oil and gas industry, despoliation of the environment being merely collateral damage.

From Los Angeles Times