despoliation

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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

Others, including conservationists and environmentalists, fear pollution and despoliation.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2020

Any further despoliation of the oceans would have to be stopped, including the dumping of wastes, plastics, engine fuel, and runoff pesticides.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2020

There were no signs of violence visible nor even such disturbances as usually follow despoliation by a criminal's hand.

From The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair by Green, Anna Katharine