"ravaging" in the noun sense

1. ravaging, devastation

plundering with excessive damage and destruction

"ravaging" in the verb sense

1. harry, ravage

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

2. lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

"ravaging" in the adjective sense

1. ravaging

ruinously destructive and wasting

"a ravaging illness"

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