'Depredate' definitions:
Definition of 'Depredate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Depredate'
From: GCIDE
- Depredate \Dep"re*date\, v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'depredate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bring to ruin,
- condemn,
- confound,
- consume,
- damn,
- deal destruction,
- decimate,
- desecrate,
- desolate,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- devastate,
- devour,
- dissolve,
- engorge,
- fleece,
- forage,
- foray,
- freeboot,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- gut,
- gut with fire,
- havoc,
- incinerate,
- lay in ruins,
- lay waste,
- loot,
- maraud,
- pillage,
- plunder,
- prey on,
- raid,
- ransack,
- ravage,
- raven,
- ravish,
- reive,
- rifle,
- ruin,
- ruinate,
- sack,
- shipwreck,
- spoil,
- spoliate,
- swallow up,
- sweep,
- throw into disorder,
- unleash destruction,
- unleash the hurricane,
- upheave,
- vandalize,
- vaporize,
- waste,
- wrack,
- wreak havoc,
- wreck