Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

DEPREDATION

construction

The most appropriate antonym of the word depredation is construction.

• Depredation means the act of plundering or destroying something.
• Construction means the act of building or erecting something.

The other words do not have the opposite meaning of depredation.

• Plunder means to steal goods from (a place) during a war or riot.
• Devastation means the complete destruction of something.
• Pillage means to rob (a place) violently and destructively, especially during a war or riot.