英语词汇“despoilments”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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The landscape has been despoiled by industrial development. the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence

Recent Examples on the Web Plastics will continue to despoil the oceans even if all plastic production halts tomorrow.

Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022 Even a comparative smidgen of methane can despoil the climate.

Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2021 The 2008 financial crisis exposed the economic folly and moral bankruptcy of a system that relied on bribing executives with stock options to squeeze workers, bamboozle customers, despoil the environment and dodge taxes.

Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2020 Farm Aid, like other companies, has rejected non-organic cotton that requires extensive use of synthetic fertilizers, soil additives, defoliants and other chemicals that despoil the land.

Billboard, 21 Sep. 2020 Ms Ellmann mourns ecosystems despoiled by modern humankind.

The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019 Here in a primitive wilderness despoiled by European invaders, where black men and women are rounded up, murdered and hanged from trees, a much farther-reaching tragedy comes into startling focus.

San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2019 Here in a primitive wilderness despoiled by European invaders, where black men and women are rounded up, murdered and hanged from trees, a much farther-reaching tragedy comes into startling focus.

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单词	despoilments
释义	despoil verb de·spoil di-ˈspȯi(-ə)l despoiled; despoiling; despoils transitive verb : to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage despoiler noun despoilment di-ˈspȯi(-ə)l-mənt noun Synonyms loot maraud pillage plunder ransack sack See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The landscape has been despoiled by industrial development. the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence Recent Examples on the Web Plastics will continue to despoil the oceans even if all plastic production halts tomorrow. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022 Even a comparative smidgen of methane can despoil the climate. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2021 The 2008 financial crisis exposed the economic folly and moral bankruptcy of a system that relied on bribing executives with stock options to squeeze workers, bamboozle customers, despoil the environment and dodge taxes. Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2020 Farm Aid, like other companies, has rejected non-organic cotton that requires extensive use of synthetic fertilizers, soil additives, defoliants and other chemicals that despoil the land. Billboard, 21 Sep. 2020 Ms Ellmann mourns ecosystems despoiled by modern humankind. The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019 Here in a primitive wilderness despoiled by European invaders, where black men and women are rounded up, murdered and hanged from trees, a much farther-reaching tragedy comes into startling focus. San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2019 Here in a primitive wilderness despoiled by European invaders, where black men and women are rounded up, murdered and hanged from trees, a much farther-reaching tragedy comes into startling focus. San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2019 Here in a primitive wilderness despoiled by European invaders, where black men and women are rounded up, murdered and hanged from trees, a much farther-reaching tragedy comes into startling focus. San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2019 See More Word History Etymology Middle English despoylen, from Anglo-French despoiller, from Latin despoliare, from de- + spoliare to strip, rob — more at spoil entry 1 First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined above despoilments noun plural of despoilment 1 as in despoliations Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance despoliations decimations depredations ruinations demolishments obliterations ruins annihilations mincemeats devastations collapses extinctions havoc dismantlements demolitions disintegrations wreckages destructions exterminations wastages losses breakups assassinations massacres desolations executions effacements killings slaughters dissolutions eradications Antonyms & Near Antonyms buildings savings constructions erections rescues salvations salvages protections preservations conservations restorations reclamations regeneracies reconstructions refurbishments renovations re-creations See More 2 as in embezzlements Synonyms & Similar Words embezzlements arrogations misapplications misappropriations peculations defalcations misuses takeovers sequestrations expropriations assumptions thefts preemptions usurpations grabs confiscations appropriations preoccupancies invasions seizures annexations impoundments disfurnishments repossessions deforcements occupancies attachments piracies occupations detainers infringements ejections encroachments trespasses dispossessions
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