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ravaging

noun as in depredation

noun as in vandalism

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The truth is that a horrific, incurable virus is ravaging Guinea—and at least three other countries in West Africa.

“We resemble a successful lichen, a ravaging bloom of algae, a mold enveloping a fruit,” reads the text.

Her life may have been materially rich, but it has been emotionally ravaging.

Then they headed west as far as Furness, burning and ravaging without opposition.

Didn't you complain to my son last night of a wild boar that had been ravaging your garden?

He died in February 1598 while 82 the plague was ravaging Carlisle, and was buried in the cathedral.

Nassau replied by ravaging the country up to the walls of Arnhem, the Gueldres capital.

Ravaging the land, they compelled the elector Maximilian to sign a truce and to withdraw his troops from the imperial army.

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On this page you'll find 239 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ravaging, such as: greedy, marauding, rapacious, voracious, bloodthirsty, and carnivorous.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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