depredation
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[edit] Noun
depredation
- An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
- 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)
[edit] Translations
An act of consuming agricultural resources
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A raid or predatory attack
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