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n. A predatory attack; a raid.

n. Damage or loss; ravage: "[Carnegie Hall has] withstood the wear and tear of enthusiastic music lovers and the normal depredations of time” ( Mechanical Engineering).

n. An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.

n. A raid or predatory attack

n. The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads.

n. The act of plundering; a robbing; a pillaging.

n. Waste; consumption.

n. In Scots law, the offense of driving away numbers of cattle or other beasts by the masterful force of armed persons: otherwise called hership.

n. (usually plural) a destructive action

n. an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

"However, the Department of Fish and Game does issue what are known as depredation permits which allows the killing of these animals under certain conditions, usually when they pose a danger to livestock or people."

demolition    destruction    wipeout    pillaging    plundering    pillage   

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rapine    ravage    piracy    robbery    inroads    plunder    foray    spoliation    raid    massacre