VERB 掠夺;洗劫;破坏;蹂躏 To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it. 掠夺;洗劫;破坏;蹂躏 [formal]
...people who despoil the countryside. [VERB noun]
破坏乡村景致的人
...a landscape despoiled by coal-mining and heavy industry. [VERB-ed]