| Main Entry: |
ravage |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
destroy, ransack |
| Synonyms: |
annihilate, break up,
capture,
consume,
cream*,
crush,
damage,
demolish,
desecrate,
desolate, despoil, devastate,
dismantle, disorganize,
disrupt, exterminate,
extinguish, forage, foray, gut, harry,
impair, lay waste, leave in ruins, loot, overrun,
overthrow,
overwhelm, pillage,
pirate,
plunder, prey,
prostrate, pull down, raid,
rape,
raze, rob,
ruin, sack,
seize,
shatter,
sink,
smash, spoil, spoliate, stamp out, strip, sweep away,
total*,
trample,
trash,
waste, wreak havoc,
wreck, wrest
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| Antonyms: |
aid, assist, help, protect
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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