🇬🇧🇨🇳 depredation - 掠夺 : English Lesson

Meaning of "depredation" ("掠夺"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Depredation means the damage, mess, or destruction that happens when someone or something attacks, steals, or tears things up, like a raccoon raiding your trash or pirates looting a ship.

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The depredation of the sandcastle began with one tiny wave and ended with my brother jumping on it yelling, “I am Godzilla of the Beach!”

After the baby’s depredation of the bookshelf, all the serious books were on the floor and every silly picture book was drooled on but safe.

The snack cabinet showed signs of depredation—empty wrappers, chocolate fingerprints, and one suspiciously innocent‑looking older sister.

The depredation of the living room happened when Mom said, “Just one pillow fight,” and ten minutes later it looked like a chicken exploded.

After an hour with my baby cousin, the depredation of my room included broken crayons, stickered furniture, and a doll wearing my math homework as a dress.

A farmer woke to depredation: goats chewed fences, hens scattered as depredation hit nests, grain bins breached by depredation at night. He tracked paw prints, saw a fox causing depredation of eggs, watched small birds flee from the depredation, then set a light and humane trap. The fox left; the farm breathed after depredation ended.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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