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Definitions for Ravaging
[1] to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
[2] to work havoc; do ruinous damage.
[3] havoc; ruinous damage: the ravages of war.
[4] devastating or destructive action.
[5] to cause extensive damage to
[6] (often plural) destructive action the ravages of time
Words related to Ravaging
ravagedemolish, devastate, consume, wreck, overwhelm, raze, ruin, shatter, damage, impair, plunder, pillage, gut, disrupt, overrun, desolate, forage, exterminate, wrest, rob
Words nearby Ravaging
ravageraurkela, rauschenberg, rauschenbusch, rauwolfia, rav, ravage, ravana, ravc, rave, rave hook, rave-up
Origin of Ravaging
e1605–15; < French, Middle French, equivalent to rav(ir ) to ravish + -age -age
Words that may be confused with Ravaging
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, ravageravage, ravish, ravenous, ravaging, ravishing, (see, synonym, study, at, ravenous)
Other words from Ravaging
rav·age·ment , noun
rav·ag·er , noun
un·rav·aged , adjective
Word origin for Ravaging
eC17: from French, from Old French ravir to snatch away, ravish
Synonyms for Ravaging
consume, damage, demolish, devastate, disrupt, gut, impair, overrun, overwhelm, pillage, plunder, raze, ruin, shatter, sweep away, wreck, annihilate, capture, cream, crush, desecrate, desolate, despoil, dismantle, disorganize, exterminate, extinguish, forage, foray, harry, loot, overthrow, pirate, prey, prostrate, raid, rape, rob, sack, seize, sink, smash, spoil, strip, total, trample, trash, waste, wrest, break up, lay waste, leave in ruins, pull down, spoliate, stamp out, wreak havoc