Example Sentences

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Elsewhere, however, some homeowners’ associations banned the creature, deeming it a despoiler of property values.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2015

Lately the housewife's attention has been sought by new suitors: consumerists, ecologists and politicians, who warn that enzymes could be a health hazard and detergent phosphates a major despoiler of the environment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pan Am Director Lindbergh has questioned the SST as a potential despoiler of the environment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Land grabber, neighborhood despoiler, wheeler-dealer--those are the kinds of labels that stick to an urban real estate developer.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fire ant suddenly became the target of a barrage of government releases, motion pictures, and government-inspired stories portraying it as a despoiler of southern agriculture and a killer of birds, livestock, and man.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson