Definition of Depredate. Meaning of Depredate. Synonyms of Depredate

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Depredate. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Depredate and, of course, Depredate synonyms and on the right images related to the word Depredate.

Definition of Depredate

Depredate
Depredate Dep"re*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depredated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating.] [L. depraedatus, p. p. of depraedari to plunder; de- + praedari to plunder, praeda plunder, prey. See Prey.] To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon. It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits. --Bacon.
Depredate
Depredate Dep"re*date, v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.

Meaning of Depredate from wikipedia

- Raiding, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare "smash and grab" mission which has a specific purpose. Raiders do not capture...
- happened to Dinoire is described in medical literature as premortem animal depredating injury, a rare case of domestic animal depredation that can happen to...
- squirrels, shrews, rats, bats, muskrats and moles. It will also occasionally depredate smaller birds, especially when near sea-coasts and adjacent wetlands at...
- P. lutaensis depredated by Platydemus manokwari...
- carnivorous activity, such as eating dead alewives along lakes****s or depredating the nests of northern bobwhites. Nearly all cervids are so-called uniparental...
- Simon (January 2019). "Movements and dive behaviour of a toothfish-depredating killer and sperm whale". ICES Journal of Marine Science. 76 (1): 298–311...
- buzzards, despite up to several nestlings and fledglings being likely depredated by mammals. Common buzzards themselves rarely present a threat to other...
- "First description of a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) actively depredating an adult Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)." Western North American...
- ideal conditions. Rodents should be kept away from the garden since they depredate the seeds either when still in fruiting plants within the carpels or from...
- a fleet with an average of 20 years without a renovation plan and a depredating administration by the Mexican Government. In August, a privatization...