depredated

verb

Definition of depredatednext
past tense of depredate
as in despoiled

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  1. looted
  2. plundered
  3. destroyed
  4. ransacked
  5. ruined
  6. impaired
  7. wrecked
Verb
  • Just this week, nearly 100 United Nations aid trucks were looted.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Over two days that April, amid false rumors of Jews committing ritual murder, 49 Jews were killed, dozens were raped, hundreds were injured; synagogues, shops and property were desecrated, looted, razed.
    Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of looted
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  • Later, plundered relics like the Irish Crown Jewels and the Amber Room eluded investigators and would-be discoverers.
    Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024
  • That killing led to riots and violence that resulted in the death of nearly 100 Christians, 300 churches being attacked or destroyed, and 6,000 Christian houses plundered.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of plundered
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  • Weather officials said the conditions were similar to those of early November, when dangerous winds whipped through Ventura County and fueled the Mountain fire, a nearly 20,000-acre inferno that destroyed 243 structures, including homes.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Franklin fire is burning within much of the footprint of 2018’s devastating Woolsey fire, which destroyed more than 1,600 structures and burned about 97,000 acres in Malibu, the Santa Monica Mountains and surrounding communities of Thousand Oaks, Oak Park and Agoura Hills.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of destroyed
Verb
  • Others ransacked the presidential palace and residence with Assad and other top officials gone.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The Iranian Embassy in Damascus was ransacked after apparently having been abandoned.
    ABDULRAHMAN SHAHEEN and ABBY SEWELL, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of ransacked
Verb
  • They were all punished harshly—lives ruined.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Johnny sued Amber in 2019 for defamation, claiming that the op-ed article ruined his career and took away his acting opportunities, as well as his long-standing role in Pirates of the Caribbean.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of ruined
Verb
  • Kenneth Stewart, 64, was arrested at the scene and charged with driving while ability impaired, Newsday reported.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • For more severe hearing loss, our top hearing aid pick offers advanced technology tailored for the hearing-impaired.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of impaired
Verb
  • Notre Dame, located by the River Seine in Paris, was wrecked by the blaze on April 15, 2019.
    Nicholas Rice, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The cathedral by the River Seine in Paris, was wrecked by the blaze on April, 15, 2019.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of wrecked
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