Ravaging

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ravage \Rav"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravaged}
     (r[a^]v"[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ravaging}
     (r[a^]v"[asl]*j[i^]ng).] [F. ravager. See {Ravage}, n.]
     To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit
     havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
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           Already Caesar
           Has ravaged more than half the globe.    --Addison.
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           His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil; devastate;
          desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ravaging
       adj : ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness"
       n : plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn: {devastation}]