To afflict with severe or widespread suffering and devastation; ravage.
To lay waste; devastate:
To lay waste; destroy.
Waste is defined as to destroy, wear away or use up.
To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
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To engage in plundering or burglary, as during a riot or natural disaster
To effect the capture of (a subatomic particle)
To focus the attention or intellect on:
To publish, reproduce, or make use of without authorization (a literary work, musical recording, film, etc.), esp. in violation of a copyright
To deprive (someone) of something belonging or due, or take or withhold something from unjustly or injuriously
To rape is to force someone to engage in sexual intercourse against their will or to pillage and destroy something.
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To do harm to (property or qualities considered sacred); desecrate or defile.
To provide with forage; feed
To raid; plunder; pillage
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To waste; squander.
To cause to weaken, be damaged, or diminish, as in quality:
To damage or break the threads of (a screw, for example) or the teeth of (a gear).
To destroy, spoil, or damage irreparably
To raze is to completely destroy something to the ground.
To put an end to in a gradual systematic way:
To inflict injury as if by treading heavily:
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To cause to lie down, to flatten; (figuratively) to overcome or overpower.
To cause (a fire or light) to stop burning or shining; put out.
Exterminate is defined as to destroy completely, or kill.
(Archaic) To waste; dissipate
To strike with a heavy blow or impact:
To cause to surround, to cover.
(Sports) To throw a ball or other object over and beyond (an intended target):
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To reduce to nonexistence:
To damage (someone's reputation, for example) severely.
To disrupt or break up the order, arrangement, or system of; throw into confusion or disorder
To improve a product or service in ways that displaces an established one and surprises the market.
To destroy or damage badly
To ruin, especially by destroying or removing what is valuable:
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To continue for too long.
To deprive of money or property by violence; loot
To destroy or remove completely; exterminate; abolish
To destroy, consume, or waste:
To take harrowing
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rehabilitating (antonym)
To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education:
improving (antonym)
(Dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
building (antonym)
To establish a basis for; found or ground:
aiding (antonym)
To give help or relief (to); assist
helping (antonym)
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
damaging (related)
To do damage to
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giving (related)
To perform for an audience:
Find another word for ravaging. In this page you can discover 57 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for ravaging, like: devastation, scourging, desolating, devastating, wasting, harrying, plundering, looting, capturing, seizing and pirating.
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