dep‧re‧da‧tion /ˌdeprəˈdeɪʃ
ən, ˌdeprɪˈdeɪʃ
ən/
noun [countable usually plural] formal[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: French;
Origin: déprédation, from Latin depraedari 'to steal and destroy']
an act of taking or destroying something
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