depredation

n

Definition: devastation, destruction
Antonyms: boon, construction, goodness, miracle, wonder

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IN BRIEF: Plundered or wasted.

For the moment, Kioni remains a precious fragment of the old Mediterranean, the one that existed before the depredations of pollution and crass, exploitative development. — Andrew Powell.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
  Synonym: predation

Meaning #2: (usually plural) a destructive action
  Synonym: ravage

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - plyndring, hærgen

Nederlands (Dutch)
plundering, verwoesting

Français (French)
n. - déprédation, ravage(s)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verwüstung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διαρπαγή, καταλήστευση (κν. πλιάτσικο)

Italiano (Italian)
depredazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - depredação (f)

Русский (Russian)
грабеж

Español (Spanish)
n. - depredación, estragos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - plundring, skövling

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
掠夺, 破坏痕迹

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 掠奪, 破壞痕跡

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 약탈

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 略奪, 侵食, 強奪

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خراب بسبب هجوم أو حادث أو ما شابه, سلب, نهب, تلف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ביזה, הרס‬

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