ravaging

Definitions

The act of causing severe and extensive damage or destruction to something.

Violently plundering or despoiling a place or region.

Examples

The wildfire is ravaging the forest, leaving nothing but ash in its wake.

A mysterious disease has been ravaging the local cattle population for weeks.

The storm spent the night ravaging the coastline, destroying several beach houses.

Synonyms

devastating destructive ruinous damaging desolating shattering plundering

Antonyms

restoring repairing building constructive preserving saving aiding