Ravage

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time. Would one think 't were possible for love To make such ravage in a noble soul Addison.

Synonyms: Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder; spoil; waste; ruin.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. Already Cæsar Has ravaged more than half the globe. Addison. His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. Macaulay.

Synonyms: despoil; pillage; plunger; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.