Meaning & use
Ravaging
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Causing severe and widespread damage or destruction to something.
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The wildfire spent days ravaging the dry hillside before firefighters brought it under control.
A powerful hurricane is ravaging the coastal towns as residents evacuate inland.
A note on using this word
"Ravaging" often appears in news coverage of natural disasters, wars, and epidemics to emphasize the scale of destruction.
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