ravaging

Raving is a type of behavior in which someone becomes very excited and emotional. They can become very destructive, and they might even damage or destroy things.

  • The rave was ravaging, and it caused a lot of damage to the city.

  • The rave was ravaging, and it caused a lot of damage to the club.

Definition of ravaging

noun

plundering with excessive damage and destruction

Synonyms:

devastation

adjective

ruinously destructive and wasting

Nearby Words

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Example Sentences for ravaging

  • 1

    He then ravaged the land.

  • 2

    It is a medically accepted means of alleviating the ravages of stress.

  • 3

    Honey seeking bears ravage Varysburg beehives.

  • 4

    European winegrape crop ravaged by bad weather.

  • 5

    Floods ravage Scotland after heavy rain.

  • 6

    Medical pot growers ravage California forest habitat.

  • 7

    Sandy could ravage Northeast as 'Frankenstorm,' forecasters warn.

  • 8

    Hurricanes ravage the US east coast but not the west coast.

  • 9

    The Marathas ravaged the country and brought untold miseries to the people.

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    The Yamasee War of 1715 1717 ravaged the backcountry of the colony.