[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ravage \rav"age\, v. t. imp.  p. p. ravaged
   ra^v"asljd; p. pr.  vb. n. ravaging
   ra^v"aslji^ng. f. ravager. see ravage, n.
   to lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit
   havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
   1913 webster

         already caesar
         has ravaged more than half the globe.    --addison.
   1913 webster

         his lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away.
                                                  --macaulay.
   1913 webster

   syn: to despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil; devastate;
        desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.
        1913 webster
see also:
ravaged ravaging ravage 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ravaging
     adj : ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness"
     n : plundering with excessive damage and destruction syn: devastation
see also:
devastation 

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