Ravaging

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    plundering with excessive damage and destruction wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of ravage form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    ruinously destructive and wasting wordnet

Synonyms

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banditrybanefulcalamitouscataclysmiccatastrophicconsuming

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"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."

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