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Noun
S:
(n)
ravaging
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devastation
(plundering with excessive damage and destruction)
Verb
S:
(v)
harry
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ravage
(make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes)
S:
(v)
lay waste to
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waste
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devastate
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desolate
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ravage
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scourge
(cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly)
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
ravaging
(ruinously destructive and wasting)
"a ravaging illness"