Ravaging
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which something is ravaged.
"I […] had seen how the most flourishing provinces of Germany were reduced to the most miserable condition that ever any country in the world was, by the ravagings of soldiers […]"
- 2 plundering with excessive damage and destruction wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of ravage form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 ruinously destructive and wasting wordnet
Example
More examples"They heard that a Seven-Headed Dragon was ravaging the neighbouring kingdom, and that the king had promised his daughter's hand to anyone that would free the land from this scourge."