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

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

Afterwards I had reason to believe in the wholesale despoliation.

From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne