Textual thesaurus for "ravage"

(noun) depredation

(usually plural) a destructive action

the ravages of time; the depredations of age and disease

(verb) desolate, devastate, scourge, lay waste to, waste

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

(verb) harry

make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes