despoilments

noun

plural of despoilment
1
as in depredations

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as in embezzlements

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  1. depredations
  2. misuses
  3. decimations
  4. takeovers
  5. ruins
  6. expropriations
  7. annihilations
  8. assumptions
Noun
  • According to the Montana Grizzly Bear Conflict Dashboard, the state has recorded 101 conflicts so far this year, including 30 livestock depredations and 34 encounters with humans.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
  • No amount of macho beatdowns in the UFC cage matches on the White House lawn will make anyone forget Epstein’s depredations.
    — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
Definition of depredations
Noun
  • Hall County, however, is just the latest jurisdiction to deal with possible Flock misuses.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The review comes as communities across metro Phoenix grapple with how to use the cameras as potential misuses of the technology by police departments come to light.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of misuses
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  • The company also has Fox Nation, a subscription streamer featuring lifestyle and other programming substantially designed to appeal to superfans of Fox News Channel, long the biggest of the 24/7 news operations but facing cord-cutting’s decimations like all its cable brethren.
    — David Bloom, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Definition of decimations
Noun
  • The Dior Spa in Venice follows pop-up spas and takeovers at other properties, including the popular industry hangout, the Beverly Hills Hotel.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Citations for impaired driving have also risen, and the department continues to crack down on street takeovers.
    — Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of takeovers
Noun
  • More than 11 million Jordanians live between the Jordan River, the Red Sea and eastern deserts strewn with ruins.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Surrounding Ain Ebel are the ruins of towns and villages hit by relentless Israeli bombardment, bulldozing and controlled demolitions.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of ruins
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  • Major oil companies remain wary after past expropriations and weak legal protections.
    — Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Production later climbed above 3 million barrels a day before decades of neglect, corruption, expropriations, economic collapse and US sanctions sent output plunging.
    — Fabiola Zerpa, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of expropriations
Noun
  • The investigation described family annihilations as among the most extreme forms of domestic violence.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Definition of annihilations
Noun
  • If an employee hesitates or overcommits, avoid making assumptions or asking defensive questions.
    — Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The alternative is to allow each side’s strategy to reinforce the other’s worst assumptions until escalation begins to look less like a choice than an inevitability.
    — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
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“Despoilments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despoilments. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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