ravaging

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noun

The act by which something is ravaged.

Similar
destructivedevastation
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of ravage
nounravaging (plural ravagings)

plural ravagings

  1. The act by which something is ravaged.

    I […] had seen how the most flourishing provinces of Germany were reduced to the most miserable condition that ever any country in the world was, by the ravagings of soldiers […]

    1720, Daniel Defoe, Memoirs of a Cavalier

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveruinously destructive and wasting

Similar
destructive

nounplundering with excessive damage and destruction

Similar
devastation
Broader
plunderingpillagepillaging
Also see
devastation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

ravaging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ravaging

MLA

“ravaging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ravaging. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ravaging,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ravaging.

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