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<LI>A predatory attack; a raid.
<LI>Damage or loss; ravage: “ [Carnegie Hall has] withstood the wear and tear of enthusiastic music lovers and the normal depredations of time” (Mechanical Engineering). </LI></OL>
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<P><B>depredation</B></P>
<P>n 1: an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding [syn: <A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=predation"><FONT color=#0033ff>predation</FONT></A>] </P>
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<P>2: (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depradations of age and disease" [syn: <A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ravage"><FONT color=#0033ff>ravage</FONT></A>]</P>
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첫댓글 depredation 약탈: 파괴의 흔적
약탈
영화 프레데터 (predator)-> 약탈자 de(intensive)+predat(약탈)+ion ->약탈, 파괴의 흔적