Despoilment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation. countable, uncountable

    "On such a view, the despoilment of pristine wilderness is the loss of something intrinsically good."

  2. 2
    the act of stripping and taking by force wordnet

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abusebanditrybereavementbetrayalbloodbathbreakup

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"On such a view, the despoilment of pristine wilderness is the loss of something intrinsically good."

Etymology

From despoil + -ment.

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