depredations
Acts of pillaging
Depredations are acts of plundering, ravaging, or laying waste—typically by invading forces, marauders, or predatory animals.
The word almost always appears in the plural, emphasizing repeated or widespread destruction: the depredations of Viking raiders, protecting livestock from the depredations of wolves.
Depredations can also describe damage from less literal forces: the depredations of time on the old building.
Violent theft of goods
- lootingTheft during disorder
- ransackPlunder while destroying
- sackRough fabric bag
- spoliationDestruction or plundering
rapine · marauding · reaving · brigandage · pilfering · ravaging · despoliation · plundering
Deprival of property rights
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
- depletionReduction of supply
- robberyTheft through intimidation
theft · privation · spoliation · stripping · plunder · pillaging · despoiling · misappropriation
Act of completely ruining
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- havocWidespread destruction and chaos
- ravagesDestructive effects over time
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
desolation · erosion · detriment · harm · impairment · deterioration · degradation · blight
pillage
Violent theft of goods
spoliation · rapine · marauding · reaving · brigandage · pilfering · ravaging · despoliation · plundering · raiding
dispossession
Deprival of property rights
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
- depletionReduction of supply
robbery · theft · privation · spoliation · stripping · plunder · pillaging · despoiling · misappropriation · seizure
destruction
Act of completely ruining
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- havocWidespread destruction and chaos
- ravagesDestructive effects over time
devastation · desolation · erosion · detriment · harm · impairment · deterioration · degradation · blight · scourge
depredationsprotection
Guarding against harm
preservation · safeguarding · conservation · defense · guardianship
depredationsrestoration
Returning something to condition
rebuilding · renewal · reparations · rehabilitation · reconstruction
depredationspreservation
Maintaining something's condition
protection · benefactions · conservation · restoration · donations