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depredations

depredations is the plural of depredation.

Meaning of depredation

Noun

depredation (countable and uncountable, plural depredations)

  1. An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
    • An animal that produces only two to four young per year cannot suffer vast depredations on the adult population without drastic effects.1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 61
  2. A raid or predatory attack.
    • 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)

Questions about depredations

What is depredations the plural of?
Depredations is the plural of depredation.

Words near depredations in the dictionary

  1. depredate
  2. depredated
  3. depredates
  4. depredating
  5. depredation
  6. depredations
  7. depredator
  8. depredators
  9. depredatory
  10. depreference
  11. depreferenced

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