ravaged

Definitions

Severely damaged, devastated, or ruined.

Violently plundered or sacked.

Examples

The coastline was ravaged by a series of powerful hurricanes that left nothing standing.

After years of being ravaged by war, the small village struggled to rebuild its infrastructure.

Synonyms

devastated destroyed ruined desolated plundered sacked demolished

Antonyms

restored preserved rebuilt improved protected flourishing intact