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
  • This is among the many depredations that this supposedly mainstream Administration has committed.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
  • That compares with 21 depredations by wolves so far this year, with about $25,000 paid to ranchers whose cattle were killed by wolves.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of depredations
Noun
  • Other policy changes include various refinements to its wording around other misuses of Claude AI.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
  • District Attorney Amy Wren said there were more than 25,000 misuses of official information.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of misuses
Noun
  • 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 anniversary edition will also feature a series of stage takeovers.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2026
  • State takeovers of the Fort Worth and Lake Worth school districts went into effect earlier this year after both districts struggled with ongoing, poor academic performance.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of takeovers
Noun
  • The board heard two days of testimony from Weisheit, lawyers, the children’s parents and first responders who were at an Evansville home in 2010 when the bodies of 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch and 5-year-old Caleb Lynch were recovered in the fire ruins.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The board heard two days of testimony from Weisheit, lawyers, the children's parents and first responders who were at an Evansville home in 2010 when the bodies of 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch and 5-year-old Caleb Lynch were recovered in the fire ruins.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of ruins
Noun
  • 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
  • Even watching a magic trick can challenge our assumptions about the world and stimulate more original thinking.
    — Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
  • In the short term, slowing demand would mean lower emissions from the existing system than today’s baseline assumptions and less investment in new natural gas infrastructure.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
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