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was pillaged

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To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.

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Vien Chan was pillaged and destroyed.

It was pillaged by Sir Francis Drake in 1578.

The area was pillaged, women were raped, murders committed.

The town was pillaged by the English in a surprise attack in 1758.

It was pillaged and burned by the British during the American Revolution.

The Colored Orphan Asylum was pillaged and burned, and the Colored Sailors Homee was attacked.

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They've been pillaged.

Iron mines and rubber plantations were pillaged.

"In military terms, we are being pillaged".

He viewed commerce as something to be pillaged and looted.

But this boy demonstrated ingenuity – something that cannot be pillaged.

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