Rav·age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging ] To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
Already Caesar
Has ravaged more than half the globe. --Addison.
His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. --Macaulay.
Syn: -- To despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.
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ravaged
adj 1: having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the
raped countryside" [syn: despoiled, pillaged, raped,
sacked]
2: made uninhabitable; "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare;
"a wasted landscape" [syn: blasted, desolate, desolated,
devastated, ruined, wasted]