Question

depredation This was a battle my grandfather never won; and it set the tone for their marriage, which rapidly developed into a place of frequent and devastating warfare, under whose depredations the young girl behind the sheet and the gauche young Doctor turned rapidly into different, stranger beings.

Accepted Answer

n. An act of attack or plunder. Midnight's Children, p. 39

Word	depredation
Definition	n. An act of attack or plunder.
Sentence	This was a battle my grandfather never won; and it set the tone for their marriage, which rapidly developed into a place of frequent and devastating warfare, under whose depredations the young girl behind the sheet and the gauche young Doctor turned rapidly into different, stranger beings.
Source	Midnight's Children, p. 39

Rapidly Young Depredation N Act Attack Plunder Battle