despoil
verb (used with object)
to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
despoilment
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a word derived from
despoil.
Example Sentences
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The 1971 amendment mandates that New Mexico prevent the despoilment of air, water and other natural resources.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
Hansen believes that wastefulness and despoilment sped the collapse of the vast city-states likely controlled by El Mirador.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Historians François Jarrige and Thomas Le Roux unpick the broader social, economic and political factors underpinning our despoilment of the environment in their altogether more comprehensive history of pollution, The Contamination of the Earth.
From Nature ● Aug. 30, 2020
Any accident risks even worse despoilment if ships leak oil, gas, chemicals or other substances.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2017
Then, on April 12, 1204, the invaders secured it again, and subjected it to a despoilment without parallel.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 by Various
