" depredation "

1: a usually violent act in which something is damaged or destroyed or in which a person or animal is killed;

  * e.g., " ... The town had somehow escaped the depredations of enemy soldiers. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  despoilment,

•  despoliation,

•  annihilation,

•  decimation,

•  demolishment,

•  demolition,

•  desolation,

•  destruction,

•  devastation,

•  extermination,

•  extinction,

•  havoc,

•  loss,

•  mincemeat,

•  obliteration,

•  ruin,

•  ruination,

•  wastage,

•  wreckage,

•  breakup,

•  collapse,

•  disintegration,

•  dissolution,

•  assassination,

•  execution,

•  killing,

•  massacre,

•  slaughter,

•  dismantlement,

•  effacement,

•  eradication

•  Antonyms : 

•  rescue,

•  salvage,

•  salvation,

•  saving,

•  conservation,

•  preservation,

•  protection,

•  reclamation,

•  reconstruction,

•  re-creation,

•  refurbishment,

•  regeneracy,

•  remodeling,

•  renovation,

•  restoration,

•  building,

•  construction,

•  erection,

•  raising