Synonyms for ravaged
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : rav-ij |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræv ɪdʒ |
Top 10 synonyms for ravaged Other synonyms for the word ravaged
- 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 ravaged
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
- Not in a day nor a generation were the ravaged sheepfolds to be forgotten.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- She set a hand on his shoulder, and looked down into his ravaged, haggard countenance.
- Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
- He ravaged the seas within cannon-shot of English headlands.
- Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
- A dreadful pestilence, which ravaged Gwynedd or North Wales in 560.
- Extract from : « The Sleeping Bard » by Ellis Wynne
- Probably the year in question was 1645, when the district was ravaged with the pestilence.
- Extract from : « Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance » by Various
- In 1736, the Russians took Azof and ravaged the western Crimea.
- Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.
- He was ravaged by their mystery, their majesty and revelation.
- Extract from : « The Prophet of Berkeley Square » by Robert Hichens
- It was sunk and hollow, ravaged with pain, an evil-looking face.
- Extract from : « The Lowest Rung » by Mary Cholmondeley
- This, however, was shortly after a great Plague had ravaged the City.
- Extract from : « The History of London » by Walter Besant
- In 1765 the country was invaded and ravaged by the ruler of Kabul.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 » by Various
Antonyms for ravaged
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