depredation

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “An animal that produces only two to four young per year cannot suffer vast depredations on the adult population without drastic effects.”

2. isim 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)”