ravaging

English Thesaurus

1. plundering with excessive damage and destruction (noun.act)

hypernym	:	pillage, pillaging, plundering,
definition	:	the act of stealing valuable things from a place (noun.act)

2. ruinously destructive and wasting (adj.all)

similar	:	destructive,
definition	:	causing destruction or much damage (adj.all)

3. plundering with excessive damage and destruction (noun.act)

derivation	:	desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste,
definition	:	cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)

derivation	:	desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste,
definition	:	cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)