RAVAGES Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word ravages. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for RAVAGES
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| depredation | nounn | |||||||
noun • an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding • (usually plural) a destructive action | ||||||||
| desolate | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • providing no shelter or sustenance • crushed by grief verb • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch • reduce in population • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||||||||
| devastate | verbv | |||||||
verb • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly • overwhelm or overpower | ||||||||
| harry | nounn | |||||||
verb • annoy continually or chronically • make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes | ||||||||
| scourge | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a whip used to inflict punishment • something causing misery or death • a person who inspires fear or dread verb • punish severely; excoriate • whip • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||||||||
| waste | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted • useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly • the trait of wasting resources • an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation • (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect adjective satellite • located in a dismal or remote area; desolate verb • spend thoughtlessly; throw away • use inefficiently or inappropriately • dispose of • run off as waste • get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing • spend extravagantly • lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief • cause to grow thin or weak • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly • become physically weaker | ||||||||
| lay waste to | verbv | |||||||
verb • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||||||||
