Synonyms for depredation
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
Depredation of cultivated crops by elephants is widespread in both Africa and Asia.
Forms
- Plural
- depredations → pillages, spoliations, robberies, ravages…
Example sentences
- robbery Fadil knew that a robbery was about to take place.
- plunder They lived for deeds of daring and plunder.
- pillage France began to pillage Algeria in 1830.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| depredation | steady | |
| robbery | steady | |
| plunder | steady | |
| pillage | rising | |
| spoliation | steady | |
| predation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- sack1
- 5 letters
- havoc2
- 6 letters
- ravage2, rapine
- 7 letters
- robbery3, plunder2, sacking2, pillage2
- 9 letters
- predation3
- 10 letters
- spoliation
- 11 letters
- devastation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (havoc2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- déprédation
- Deutsch
- Verheerung