depredation
dep·re·da·tion
noun
1.
an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
2.
(usually plural) a destructive action
- “the ravages of time”
- “the depradations of age and disease”
Origin
From Middle French déprédation, from Latin depraedatio.
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