Dictionary

1. (

• ravage ,
• depredation

) (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease" ;

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" ;