ravaging
Meaning of ravaging
verb, gerund or present participle
- cause severe and extensive damage to.
the hurricane ravaged southern Florida
early 17th century: from French ravager, from earlier ravage, alteration of ravine ‘rush of water’.
Information about ravaging
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of ravaging
rav-aging
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- ravaging is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
ravaging synonyms
Meaning devastation:
Meaning destroy or ruin:
Meaning reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration:
Meaning end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it:
Meaning give a flat and even surface to:
Meaning completely destroy (a building, town, or other settlement):
Meaning pull or knock down (a building):
Meaning destroy or severely damage (a structure, vehicle, or similar):
Meaning inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function:
Meaning steal (something) using violence, especially in wartime:
Meaning steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder:
Meaning persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy's territory):
Meaning go about in search of things to steal or people to attack:
Meaning go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage:
Meaning dismiss from employment:
Meaning steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot:
Meaning steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder:
Meaning diminish or destroy the value or quality of:
Meaning lay waste to; devastate:
Meaning steal from, typically using force; plunder:
Meaning rob of something; plunder:
Meaning (of a building or place) reduced to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration:
Meaning having been wrecked:
Meaning make (a place) appear bleakly empty:
Words that rhyme with ravaging
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