ravaging

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: devastation

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. plundering with excessive damage and destructionSynonyms: devastation

Adjective (1)

  1. ruinously destructive and wasting“a ravaging illness”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ravage \Rav"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged (r[a^]v"[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging (r[a^]v"[asl]*j[i^]ng).] [F. ravager. See Ravage, n.] To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. [1913 Webster]

Already Caesar Has ravaged more than half the globe. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin. [1913 Webster]

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