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despoliations

despoliations is the plural of despoliation.

Meaning of despoliation

Noun

despoliation (countable and uncountable, plural despoliations)

  1. A stripping or plundering; spoliation.
    • Time has taken a terrible revenge upon mankind for his despoliation of the valleys and his defilement of the mountains, yet the industries and the railways of South Wales still put the bravest front upon an outlook which all may hope is becoming less saddening and less grim.1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 165

Questions about despoliations

What is despoliations the plural of?
Despoliations is the plural of despoliation.

Words near despoliations in the dictionary

  1. despoilment
  2. despoilments
  3. despoils
  4. Despoina
  5. despoliation
  6. despoliations
  7. despond
  8. desponded
  9. despondence
  10. despondences
  11. despondencies

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