ravaging Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun plundering with excessive damage and destruction
    devastation.
  2. verb make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
    ravage; harry.
  3. verb cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
    desolate; devastate; scourge; lay waste to; ravage; waste.
    • The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
  4. adjective satellite ruinously destructive and wasting
    • a ravaging illness

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