1. Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
   "The hurricane ravaged the coastal town";
   - lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, lay waste
    
2. Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
   "Vikings ravaged the monasteries along the coast";
   - harry

1. (usually plural) a destructive action
   "the ravages of time";
   - depredation

Derived forms: ravaged, ravages, ravaging

Type of: demolition, destroy, destruction, ruin, wipeout

Encyclopedia: Ravage