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An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder. / A raid or predatory attack.

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depredation

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Source Word

depredation

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌdɛpɹəˈdeɪʃən/

countable uncountable

An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder. / A raid or predatory attack.

Japanese Meaning

農作物や家畜などの農業資源を略奪する行為 / 襲撃や捕食的な攻撃による略奪

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Farmers organized night watches to protect their fields from depredation by wild boars.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

農民たちはイノシシによる農作物の略奪から畑を守るため、夜間の見張りを組織した。

Sense（1）

An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.

Sense（2）

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)

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

depredations

（ plural ）

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