ravaging
Definition
- Adjective:
- Causing severe and widespread damage or destruction; devastating. Describes something that ruins or wastes something completely.
- Noun:
- The act of causing excessive damage and destruction, often while plundering. Refers to the action or process of ravaging.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The ravaging effects of the war were visible for decades.
- They struggled to recover from the ravaging storm.
- Noun:
- The ravaging of the countryside by the invading army left nothing but ruins.
- The documentary showed the ravaging of the ancient city.
Advanced Usage
- "A ravaging [noun]": A common structure to describe a destructive force.
- A ravaging fire swept through the forest.
- She fought a ravaging disease with great courage.
Variants and Related Words
- Ravage (verb): To cause severe and extensive damage to.
- The hurricane ravaged the coastal town.
- Ravager (noun): One who or that which ravages.
- Locusts are known as ravagers of crops.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Devastating, destructive, ruinous, catastrophic, wasting.
- Noun: Devastation, destruction, despolation, ruin.
Related Phrases
- To lay waste to: A phrase with a very similar meaning to "to ravage."
- The conflict laid waste to the region's infrastructure.
Adjective
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ruinously destructive and wasting
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a ravaging illness
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Noun
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plundering with excessive damage and destruction
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