📖 Definitions of "Ravaging"
verb
- 1
To devastate or destroy something.
- 2
To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something.
- 3
To wreak destruction.
noun
- 1
The act by which something is ravaged.
🔄 Synonyms of "Ravaging"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| devastationnoun | The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste. |
| destructive | Causing destruction; damaging. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ravaging"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| destructive | Causing destruction; damaging. |
| devastationnoun | The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste. |
| destroyernoun | That which destroys something. |
| devastating | Causing devastation. |
| afflictingnoun | An affliction. |
| plaguingnoun | annoyance; harassment |
| ragingnoun | (of a person) In a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger. |
| tramplingnoun | The act of trampling someone or something, an instance of trampling. |
| ardent | Full of ardor; expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm. |
| bulldozingnoun | An act of demolition with a bulldozer. |
| destroyingverb | (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist. |
| razingnoun | complete destruction of a building |
| wreckingverb | The act by which something is wrecked. |
| ruinnoun | (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction. |
| wrecknoun | Something or someone that has been ruined. |
| vastationnoun | Devastation, laying waste. |
| rack and ruinnoun | (idiomatic, proscribed) Complete destruction. |
| pillagenoun | The act of pillaging. |
| rendingnoun | The act by which something is rent, or torn. |
| dilacerationnoun | (dentistry) An angular distortion affecting a tooth. |
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