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despoliation
noun[ U ]
formaluk /dɪˌspəʊ.liˈeɪ.ʃən/ us /dɪˌspoʊ.liˈeɪ.ʃən/
the act of despoiling something (= making a place less attractive by damaging it or taking things away):
despoliation ofMining provides local employment, but its despoliation of the landscape is no longer acceptable.
These pioneering activists exposed the horrors of environmental despoliation.
There was widespread despoliation of the woodland by local landowners.
They argue that a logical way to avoid despoliation of the countryside is to restore urban areas.
The state encouraged the development of renewable forms of energy, and protected the coastline from despoliation and development.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Damaging and spoiling
adulterant
adulterate
adulterated
adulteration
applecart
butcher
dry rot
eat
eat away at something
erode
flaw
foul
queer
rain on someone's paradeidiom
rampage
ravage
ravages
seismic
sour
wreck
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