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depredation(noun, destruction, plunder, devastation, pillage)
5
destruction
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ruin
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ruination
3
looting
3
pillage
3
ruining
3
sacking
3
wrecking
2
devastation
2
pillaging
1
assault
1
attack
1
battering
1
buccaneering(noun, raven, depredation, whitewater, freebooting)
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demolition
1
despoliation
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freebooting(noun, raven, depredation, whitewater)
1
killing
1
marauding(noun, destruction, plunder, pillage, wasting)
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