'Ravaging' definitions:
Definition of 'ravaging'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness"
noun
Plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn: ravaging, devastation]
Definition of 'Ravaging'
From: GCIDE
- Ravage \Rav"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged (r[a^]v"[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging (r[a^]v"[asl]*j[i^]ng).] [F. ravager. See Ravage, n.] To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. [1913 Webster]
- Already Caesar Has ravaged more than half the globe. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin. [1913 Webster]