Demolition vs. Depredation
Demolition and Depredation Definitions
Demolition
The act or process of wrecking or destroying, especially destruction by explosives.
Depredation
A predatory attack; a raid.
Demolition
Demolitions Explosives, especially when designed or used as weapons.
Depredation
Damage or loss; ravage
"[Carnegie Hall has] withstood the wear and tear of enthusiastic music lovers and the normal depredations of time" (Mechanical Engineering).
Demolition
The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.
Depredation
An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
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Demolition
The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; - opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes.
Depredation
A raid or predatory attack.
Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had long known that his fragile supply and communication lines through Tennessee were in serious jeopardy because of depredations by Forrest's cavalry raids. (Battle of Brice's Crossroads)
Demolition
An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
Depredation
The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land.
Demolition
The act of demolishing
Depredation
An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
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Depredation
(usually plural) a destructive action;
The ravages of time
The depradations of age and disease
