ravage

Nouns

  • (n) (usually plural) a destructive action
    • the ravages of time
    • the depredations of age and disease
    depredation,

Verbs

  • (v) make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes harry,
  • (v) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
    • The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
    devastate, lay waste to, desolate, scourge, waste,

Synonyms

harry depredation devastate lay waste to desolate scourge waste

Words of close approximity

ravaged