ravaging
Example Sentences
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The United Nations Security Council voted on Tuesday to extend by six months the work of the gang suppression force deployed to combat violent criminal syndicates ravaging Haiti.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
The ravaging of the museum reflects the destruction seen across Khartoum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Tens of thousands of emigrants from Ireland, desperate to escape the famine ravaging their home country, landed in 1847 at the Grosse Île quarantine station in what is now the Canadian province of Quebec.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Fame is a bedfellow of the newer, more modern American dream, which promises not only contentment, but success, as a reward for ambition, ravaging the lifestyles of millions of people in the process.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Some ravaging long illness, or mild arrows a-flying down one day from Artemis?
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
