1. (

• ravaging ,
• devastation ,

) plundering with excessive damage and destruction ;

1. (

• harry ,
• ravage

) make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes ;

2. (

• lay_waste_to ,
• waste ,
• devastate ,
• desolate ,
• ravage ,
• scourge ,

) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" ;

1. (

• ravaging

) ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness" ;