Synonyms for ravaging
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : rav-ij |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræv ɪdʒ |
Top 10 synonyms for ravaging Other synonyms for the word ravaging
- annihilate
- break up
- capture
- cream
- crush
- desecrate
- desolate
- despoil
- dismantle
- disorganize
- exterminate
- extinguish
- forage
- foray
- harry
- lay waste
- leave in ruins
- loot
- overthrow
- pirate
- plunder
- prey
- prostrate
- pull down
- raid
- rape
- raze
- rob
- ruin
- sack
- seize
- shatter
- sink
- smash
- spoil
- spoliate
- stamp out
- strip
- sweep away
- total
- trample
- trash
- waste
- wreak havoc
- wreck
- wrest
Définition of ravaging
Origin :- 1610s, from French ravager "lay waste, devastate," from Old French ravage "destruction," especially by flood (14c.), from ravir "to take away hastily" (see ravish). Related: Ravaged; ravaging.
- verb destroy, ransack
- The years 1239 and 1240 were spent in ravaging southern Russia.
- Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.
- It surprised her to hear that it was ravaging an island like Inishrua.
- Extract from : « Lady Bountiful » by George A. Birmingham
- Bands of marauders were ravaging the gardens of the countryside.
- Extract from : « Putois » by Anatole France
- The city will be taken, the looting and ravaging already begun.
- Extract from : « Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation » by S. D. Gordon
- An epidemic was ravaging the town, and he was urged to go away.
- Extract from : « A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times » by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
- The war which was ravaging Vervignole also ruined the Church in Trinqueballe.
- Extract from : « The Miracle Of The Great St. Nicolas » by Anatole France
- One thing was the ravaging of his plantation by the British.
- Extract from : « The Story of John Paul Jones » by Chelsea Curtis Fraser
- Revolutionary propaganda was said to have been ravaging the Italian soldier's mind.
- Extract from : « The Challenge of the Dead » by Stephen Graham
- In ravaging the fields of the former, two of the Frenchmen were slain.
- Extract from : « The Lily and the Totem » by William Gilmore Simms
- Floods, with their ravaging effects, would then become impossible.
- Extract from : « Woman and Socialism » by August Bebel
Antonyms for ravaging
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