Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
DEPREDATION
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
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.