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Ravaging

To devastate or destroy something.

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verb
  1. 1

    To devastate or destroy something.

  2. 2

    To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something.

  3. 3

    To wreak destruction.

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is ravaged.

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devastationnounThe act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
destructiveCausing destruction; damaging.

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destructiveCausing destruction; damaging.
devastationnounThe act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
destroyernounThat which destroys something.
devastatingCausing devastation.
afflictingnounAn affliction.
plaguingnounannoyance; harassment
ragingnoun(of a person) In a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger.
tramplingnounThe act of trampling someone or something, an instance of trampling.
ardentFull of ardor; expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm.
bulldozingnounAn 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.
razingnouncomplete destruction of a building
wreckingverbThe act by which something is wrecked.
ruinnoun(uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
wrecknounSomething or someone that has been ruined.
vastationnounDevastation, laying waste.
rack and ruinnoun(idiomatic, proscribed) Complete destruction.
pillagenounThe act of pillaging.
rendingnounThe act by which something is rent, or torn.
dilacerationnoun(dentistry) An angular distortion affecting a tooth.

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