depredate[verb]Synonyms: ravage, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, pillage, sack, spoliate, waste
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depredate verb. ['dɛprɪdeɪt] Now
rare or
obsolete.
E17.[Latin depraedat-: see DEPREDATION, -ATE3.]1. verb trans. Prey on, pillage, consume.
E17.2. verb intrans. Make depredations (
on).
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