About The Word Depredate
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Depredate
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What's The Definition Of Depredate?Synonyms | Synonyms for Depredate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Depredate: bring to ruin | condemn | confound | consume | damn | deal destruction | decimate | desecrate | desolate | despoil | destroy | devastate | devour | dissolve | engorge | fleece | forage | foray | freeboot | gobble | gobble up | gut | gut with fire | havoc | incinerate | lay in ruins | lay waste | loot | maraud | pillage | plunder | prey on | raid | ransack | ravage | raven | ravish | reive | rifle | ruin | ruinate | sack | shipwreck | spoil | spoliate | swallow up | sweep | throw into disorder | unleash destruction | unleash the hurricane | upheave | vandalize | vaporize | waste | wrack | wreak havoc | wreck See Also | Depredate In Webster's Dictionary \Dep"re*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depredated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Depredating}.] [L. depraedatus, p. p. of
depraedari to plunder; de- + praedari to plunder, praeda
plunder, prey. See {Prey}.]
To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste;
to prey upon.
It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be
consumed and depredated by the spirits. --Bacon.
\Dep"re*date\, v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country. |
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