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/ˌdɛpɹəˈdeɪʃən/ · noun
An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder..
Depredation of cultivated crops by elephants is widespread in both Africa and Asia.
An animal that produces only two to four young per year cannot suffer vast depredations on the adult population without drastic effects.
Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had long known that his fragile supply and communication lines through Tennessee were in serious jeopardy because of depredations by Forrest's cavalry raids. (Battle of Brice's Crossroads)
Despite losing its overall roof to the depredations of the Luftwaffe in the Second World War, the main building survives in all its Gothic glory.
Use depredation when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Depredation means An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder..
Common synonyms include predation, preying.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Depredation of cultivated crops by elephants is widespread in both Africa and Asia.
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