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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ravaging
adj : ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness"
n : plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn: devastation]