What is another word for ravage?
1140 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈavɪd͡ʒ], [ ɹˈavɪdʒ], [ ɹ_ˈa_v_ɪ_dʒ]
Ravage refers to the destruction and devastation caused by natural disasters, war, or other calamities. Synonyms for ravage include devastate, lay waste to, ruin, demolish, obliterate, annihilate and wreck. These words all imply a sense of destruction caused by something catastrophic or violent. Other synonyms for ravage include decimate, which means to destroy a large portion of something, or blight, which refers to a disease or other affliction that causes widespread damage. Whatever the word used, the meaning remains the same: that something has been destroyed or damaged beyond repair. Whether it's used to describe a war-torn country or the aftermath of a natural disaster, ravage portrays a sense of upheaval and destruction.
Synonyms for Ravage:
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adj.
• infest -
n.
• battle • damage • depredation • desolate • event • harm • injury, loss • lay waste to • plague • ravage • ruin • waste -
v.
• consume- de cay ,
- de cays ,
- de-cay ,
- de-cays ,
- ex pend ,
- ex pended ,
- ex pending ,
- ex pends ,
- ex-pend ,
- ex-pended ,
- ex-pending ,
- ex-pends ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms .
- DE Form ,
- de base ,
- de based ,
- de basing ,
- de compose ,
- de composed ,
- de composes ,
- de composing ,
- de face ,
- de faced ,
- de faces ,
- de facing ,
- de file ,
- de filed ,
- de files ,
- de filing ,
- de formed ,
- de forming ,
- de forms ,
- de grade ,
- de graded ,
- de grades ,
- de grading ,
- de mean ,
- de meaning ,
- de means ,
- de moralize ,
- de moralized ,
- de moralizes ,
- de moralizing ,
- de spoil ,
- de spoiled ,
- de spoiling ,
- de spoils ,
- de-base ,
- de-based ,
- de-basing ,
- de-compose ,
- de-composed ,
- de-composes ,
- de-composing ,
- de-face ,
- de-faced ,
- de-faces ,
- de-facing ,
- de-file ,
- de-filed ,
- de-files ,
- de-filing ,
- de-form ,
- de-formed ,
- de-forming ,
- de-forms ,
- de-grade ,
- de-graded ,
- de-grades ,
- de-grading ,
- de-mean ,
- de-meaning ,
- de-means ,
- de-moralize ,
- de-moralized ,
- de-moralizes ,
- de-moralizing ,
- de-spoil ,
- de-spoiled ,
- de-spoiling ,
- de-spoils ,
- dis figure ,
- dis figured ,
- dis figures ,
- dis figuring ,
- dis grace ,
- dis graced ,
- dis graces ,
- dis gracing ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honored ,
- dis honoring ,
- dis honors ,
- dis-figure ,
- dis-figured ,
- dis-figures ,
- dis-figuring ,
- dis-grace ,
- dis-graced ,
- dis-graces ,
- dis-gracing ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honored ,
- dis-honoring ,
- dis-honors ,
- greased palm ,
- greases palm ,
- greasing palm ,
- ill treat ,
- mis treat ,
- mis treated ,
- mis treating ,
- mis treats ,
- mis used ,
- mis using ,
- mis-treat ,
- mis-treated ,
- mis-treating ,
- mis-treats ,
- mis-used ,
- mis-using ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining .
- de flower ,
- de flowered ,
- de flowering ,
- de flowers ,
- de-flower ,
- de-flowered ,
- de-flowering ,
- de-flowers ,
- deflorated ,
- deflorates ,
- deflorating .
- de predate ,
- de predated ,
- de predates ,
- de predating ,
- de-predate ,
- de-predated ,
- de-predates ,
- de-predating .
- be foul ,
- be fouled ,
- be fouling ,
- be fouls ,
- be-foul ,
- be-fouled ,
- be-fouling ,
- be-fouls ,
- commits sacrilege ,
- committed sacrilege ,
- committing sacrilege ,
- de solate ,
- de solated ,
- de solates ,
- de solating ,
- de-solate ,
- de-solated ,
- de-solates ,
- de-solating ,
- made lose face ,
- makes lose face ,
- making lose face ,
- pro fane ,
- pro fanes ,
- pro-fane ,
- pro-fanes .
- blots out ,
- brake down ,
- breaks down ,
- broke down ,
- de stroy ,
- de stroyed ,
- de stroying ,
- de stroys ,
- de-stroy ,
- de-stroyed ,
- de-stroying ,
- de-stroys ,
- dis patch ,
- dis patched ,
- dis patches ,
- dis patching ,
- dis-patch ,
- dis-patched ,
- dis-patches ,
- dis-patching ,
- ex terminate ,
- ex terminated ,
- ex terminates ,
- ex terminating ,
- ex-terminate ,
- ex-terminated ,
- ex-terminates ,
- ex-terminating ,
- over turning ,
- over turns ,
- over-turn ,
- over-turning ,
- over-turns ,
- swallowed up ,
- swallows up .
- did one in ,
- didst one in ,
- does one in ,
- doest one in ,
- doeth one in ,
- doing one in ,
- dost one in ,
- doth one in ,
- takes apart ,
- wipe map ,
- wiped map ,
- wiped off map ,
- wipes map ,
- wipes off map ,
- wiping map ,
- wiping off map .
- am engrossed by ,
- am preoccupied ,
- are engrossed by ,
- are preoccupied ,
- art preoccupied ,
- being engrossed by ,
- being preoccupied ,
- bolting down ,
- bolts down ,
- chowed down ,
- chowing down ,
- chows down ,
- did compulsively ,
- did voraciously ,
- didst compulsively ,
- didst voraciously ,
- does compulsively ,
- does voraciously ,
- doest compulsively ,
- doest voraciously ,
- doeth compulsively ,
- doeth voraciously ,
- doing compulsively ,
- doing voraciously ,
- dost compulsively ,
- dost voraciously ,
- doth compulsively ,
- doth voraciously ,
- drank in ,
- drinks in ,
- drunk in ,
- feasted on ,
- feasts on ,
- gloated over ,
- gloating over ,
- gloats over ,
- hoovered ,
- hoovering ,
- in gest ,
- in gests ,
- in hale ,
- in haled ,
- in hales ,
- in haling ,
- in-gest ,
- in-gests ,
- in-hale ,
- in-haled ,
- in-hales ,
- in-haling ,
- is engrossed by ,
- is preoccupied ,
- partaking of ,
- partook of ,
- rejoiced in ,
- rejoices in ,
- rejoicing in ,
- reveled in ,
- reveling in ,
- revelled in ,
- revelling in ,
- revels in ,
- scarfed down ,
- scarfing down ,
- scarfs down ,
- uses up ,
- was engrossed by ,
- was preoccupied ,
- wast engrossed by ,
- wast preoccupied ,
- were engrossed by ,
- were preoccupied ,
- wert engrossed by ,
- wert preoccupied ,
- wolfing down .
- casting about ,
- casts about ,
- fine tooth comb ,
- fine tooth combed ,
- fine tooth combing ,
- fine tooth combs ,
- fine-tooth-combed ,
- fine-tooth-combing ,
- fine-tooth-combs .
- dis embowel ,
- dis emboweled ,
- dis emboweling ,
- dis embowelled ,
- dis embowelling ,
- dis embowels ,
- dis-embowel ,
- dis-emboweled ,
- dis-emboweling ,
- dis-embowelled ,
- dis-embowelling ,
- dis-embowels ,
- exenterated ,
- exenterates ,
- exenterating .
- be devil ,
- be deviled ,
- be deviling ,
- be devilled ,
- be devilling ,
- be devils ,
- be leaguer ,
- be leaguered ,
- be leaguering ,
- be leaguers ,
- be-devil ,
- be-deviled ,
- be-deviling ,
- be-devilled ,
- be-devilling ,
- be-devils ,
- be-leaguer ,
- be-leaguered ,
- be-leaguering ,
- be-leaguers ,
- chivies ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- bursted in ,
- bursting in ,
- bursts in ,
- descend up on ,
- descended up on ,
- descended upon ,
- descending up on ,
- descending upon ,
- descends up on ,
- descends upon ,
- falling on ,
- falls on ,
- in fringe ,
- in fringed ,
- in fringes ,
- in road ,
- in roads ,
- in-fringe ,
- in-fringed ,
- in-fringes ,
- in-road ,
- in-roads ,
- inter fere ,
- inter feres ,
- inter-fere ,
- inter-feres ,
- made inroads ,
- makes inroads ,
- making inroads ,
- muscled in ,
- muscles in ,
- muscling in ,
- over spreading ,
- over spreads ,
- over swarm ,
- over swarmed ,
- over swarming ,
- over swarms ,
- over-spreading ,
- over-spreads ,
- over-swarm ,
- over-swarmed ,
- over-swarming ,
- over-swarms ,
- overswarmed ,
- overswarms ,
- swarmed over ,
- swarming over ,
- swarms over .
- moonlighted requisition ,
- moonlighting requisition ,
- moonlights requisition ,
- ripping off ,
- smash grab ,
- smashed and grab ,
- smashed grab ,
- smashes and grab ,
- smashes grab ,
- smashing and grab ,
- smashing grab ,
- sticked up ,
- tipping over ,
- tips over .
- cut pieces ,
- cuts pieces ,
- cuts to pieces ,
- cutting pieces ,
- cutting to pieces ,
- dis member ,
- dis membered ,
- dis members ,
- dis tort ,
- dis torts ,
- dis-member ,
- dis-membered ,
- dis-members ,
- dis-tort ,
- dis-torts ,
- hashes up ,
- hashing up .
- KOD ,
- blue penciled ,
- blue penciling ,
- blue pencilled ,
- blue pencilling ,
- blue pencils ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- finishes off ,
- finishing off ,
- ko'd ,
- ko'ing ,
- koing ,
- marked out ,
- marks out ,
- nixed ,
- rooted out ,
- roots out ,
- rubs off ,
- shooting down ,
- shoots down ,
- wipe face earth ,
- wipe face of earth ,
- wipe off face earth ,
- wiped face earth ,
- wiped face of earth ,
- wiped off face earth ,
- wiped off face of earth ,
- wipes face earth ,
- wipes face of earth ,
- wipes off face earth ,
- wipes off face of earth ,
- wiping face earth ,
- wiping face of earth ,
- wiping off face earth ,
- wiping off face of earth ,
- x outed ,
- x outing ,
- x outs ,
- x-outed ,
- x-outing ,
- x-outs ,
- xout ,
- xouted ,
- xouting ,
- xouts .
- boiled over ,
- boils over ,
- burns up ,
- burnt up ,
- did violence to ,
- didst violence to ,
- does violence to ,
- doest violence to ,
- doeth violence to ,
- doing violence to ,
- dost violence to ,
- doth violence to ,
- firing up ,
- in cense ,
- in censed ,
- in censes ,
- in-cense ,
- in-censed ,
- in-censes ,
- in-censing ,
- kick a row ,
- kick row ,
- kick up row ,
- kicked a row ,
- kicked row ,
- kicked up a row ,
- kicked up row ,
- kicking a row ,
- kicking row ,
- kicking up a row ,
- kicking up row ,
- kicks a row ,
- kicks row ,
- kicks up a row ,
- kicks up row ,
- made hit ceiling ,
- made hit the ceiling ,
- make hit ceiling ,
- makes hit ceiling ,
- makes hit the ceiling ,
- making hit ceiling ,
- making hit the ceiling ,
- out rage ,
- out raged ,
- out rages ,
- out raging ,
- out-rage ,
- out-raged ,
- out-rages ,
- out-raging ,
- reached boiling point ,
- reaches boiling point ,
- reaching boiling point .
- Overgrowing ,
- be sets ,
- be setting ,
- be-sets ,
- be-setting ,
- de luge ,
- de luged ,
- de luges ,
- de luging ,
- de-luge ,
- de-luged ,
- de-luges ,
- de-luging ,
- in undated ,
- in-undated ,
- over flow ,
- over flowed ,
- over flowing ,
- over flown ,
- over flows ,
- over grew ,
- over grow ,
- over growing ,
- over grown ,
- over grows ,
- over run ,
- over running ,
- over runs ,
- over shooting ,
- over shot ,
- over stepped ,
- over stepping ,
- over steps ,
- over-flow ,
- over-flowed ,
- over-flowing ,
- over-flown ,
- over-flows ,
- over-grew ,
- over-grow ,
- over-growing ,
- over-grown ,
- over-grows ,
- over-running ,
- over-shooting ,
- over-shot ,
- over-stepped ,
- over-stepping ,
- over-steps ,
- overgrows ,
- ran on ,
- runs on ,
- runs over ,
- spreading like wildfire ,
- spreads like wildfire ,
- sur pass ,
- sur passed ,
- sur passes ,
- sur-pass ,
- sur-passed ,
- sur-passes ,
- sur-passing ,
- welled over ,
- welling over ,
- wells over .
- made useless ,
- makes useless ,
- making useless ,
- mucking up ,
- mucks up ,
- un did ,
- un does ,
- un doing ,
- un done ,
- un-did ,
- un-does ,
- un-doing .
- de corticate ,
- de corticated ,
- de nude ,
- de nudes ,
- de-corticate ,
- de-corticated ,
- de-nude ,
- de-nudes ,
- dis place ,
- dis placed ,
- dis places ,
- dis placing ,
- dis robe ,
- dis robed ,
- dis robes ,
- dis robing ,
- dis-place ,
- dis-placed ,
- dis-places ,
- dis-placing ,
- dis-robe ,
- dis-robed ,
- dis-robes ,
- dis-robing ,
- ex corticate ,
- ex corticated ,
- ex pose ,
- ex posed ,
- ex-corticate ,
- ex-corticated ,
- ex-pose ,
- ex-posed ,
- ex-posing ,
- excorticated ,
- excorticates ,
- excorticating ,
- re move ,
- re moved ,
- re moving ,
- re-move ,
- re-moves ,
- re-moving ,
- slipped out of ,
- slipping out of ,
- slips out of ,
- slipt out of ,
- un dress ,
- un dressed ,
- un dresses ,
- un dressing ,
- un drest ,
- un-dress ,
- un-dressed ,
- un-dresses ,
- un-dressing ,
- un-drest ,
- with draw ,
- with drawing ,
- with drawn ,
- with draws ,
- with drew ,
- with-draw ,
- with-drawing ,
- with-drawn ,
- with-drew .
- un clad ,
- un clothe ,
- un clothed ,
- un clothes ,
- un clothing ,
- un-clad ,
- un-clothe ,
- un-clothed ,
- un-clothes ,
- un-clothing .
Other synonyms:
- annihilate ,
- bugger ,
- butcher ,
- chew up ,
- decimate ,
- eat away ,
- extirpate ,
- flatten ,
- mangle ,
- obliterate ,
- pummel ,
- rip apart ,
- shatter ,
- shred ,
- sweep away ,
- trash ,
- wipe out .
- battle ,
- corrode ,
- cripple ,
- destruction ,
- engulf ,
- fuck up ,
- plunder ,
- reduce to ,
- shoot up ,
- tear apart ,
- torpedo .
- knock out .
- knock-down ,
- total .
- burn .
Other relevant words:
- Beaching ,
- Boweled ,
- Boweling ,
- Bowelled ,
- Bowelling ,
- Breaching ,
- Chivied ,
- Chivying ,
- Deflorate ,
- Depredate ,
- Dilapidating ,
- Excorticate ,
- Gorging ,
- Hoovers ,
- Hulled ,
- Hulling ,
- Husked ,
- Illtreat ,
- Infesting ,
- Inroaded ,
- Inroading ,
- Lofted ,
- Lofting ,
- Relished ,
- Shipwrecking ,
- Smash and Grab ,
- Spoliate ,
- Stranding ,
- Thieves ,
- accessed ,
- accessing ,
- be engrossed by ,
- be preoccupied ,
- boil over ,
- boiling over ,
- bolt down ,
- bolted down ,
- breached ,
- burn up ,
- burned up ,
- burning up ,
- burst in ,
- cast about ,
- chivy ,
- chow down ,
- commit sacrilege ,
- corrupt ,
- create chaos ,
- deflower ,
- descend upon ,
- desecrate ,
- destroy ,
- devastate ,
- devour ,
- dilapidate ,
- dilapidates ,
- do compulsively ,
- do one in ,
- do violence to ,
- do voraciously ,
- drink in ,
- drinking in ,
- eat ,
- eaten ,
- eating ,
- enjoy ,
- enjoys ,
- exenterate ,
- explore ,
- explores ,
- fall on ,
- feast on ,
- feasting on ,
- feeding on ,
- fell on ,
- fine-tooth-comb ,
- fire up ,
- fires up ,
- forage ,
- foraging ,
- forayed ,
- foraying ,
- gloat over ,
- go in ,
- goes in ,
- going in ,
- going through ,
- grease palm ,
- gulp ,
- gut ,
- harrow ,
- harry ,
- husking ,
- ill-treat ,
- infect ,
- infests ,
- invade ,
- kick up a row ,
- laid bare ,
- lay bare ,
- laying bare ,
- loot ,
- make hit the ceiling ,
- make inroads ,
- make lose face ,
- make useless ,
- maltreat ,
- maraud ,
- molest ,
- moonlight requisition ,
- muck up ,
- mucked up ,
- muscle in ,
- mutilate ,
- outrage ,
- overrun ,
- overspreading ,
- overspreads ,
- overswarm ,
- overswarming ,
- partake of ,
- partakes of ,
- pervades ,
- pile up ,
- piled up ,
- piles up ,
- pillage ,
- play mischief with ,
- plundered ,
- put out of commission ,
- ransack ,
- reach boiling point ,
- rejoice in ,
- revel in ,
- rotted ,
- rummage ,
- run aground ,
- sack ,
- sacked ,
- scarf down ,
- shipwreck ,
- shipwrecks ,
- slip out of ,
- smash up ,
- spoil ,
- spoils ,
- spoilt ,
- spray paint ,
- spray painting ,
- stick up ,
- sticking up ,
- sticks up ,
- strip ,
- stripped ,
- stuck up ,
- swarm over ,
- take apart ,
- taking apart ,
- tear up ,
- tearing up ,
- tip over ,
- tipped over ,
- took apart ,
- tore up ,
- torn up ,
- unclothe ,
- undresses ,
- up set ,
- use up ,
- used up ,
- using up ,
- vandalize ,
- warp ,
- went in ,
- wipe off map ,
- wolf down ,
- wolfed down ,
- wolfs down ,
- wrack up ,
- wreak havoc ,
- wreck .
- bang up ,
- pollute ,
- tamper with ,
- tampered with ,
- tampering with ,
- tampers with ,
- tarnishes ,
- tore ,
- wear away ,
- wearing away ,
- wears away ,
- wreak havoc on .
- Creamed ,
- Creaming ,
- Torpedoes ,
- Trashed ,
- axe ,
- blot out ,
- blotted out ,
- blotting out ,
- break down ,
- breaking down ,
- consume ,
- exterminates ,
- liquidate ,
- over turn ,
- swallow up ,
- swallowing up ,
- torn down ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing .
- Bogged ,
- Bogging ,
- OFFS ,
- blue pencil ,
- finish off ,
- finished off ,
- kos ,
- mark out ,
- marking out ,
- nixing ,
- offed ,
- offing ,
- root out ,
- rooting out ,
- rub off ,
- rubbed off ,
- rubbing off ,
- shoot down ,
- shot down ,
- taking out ,
- took out ,
- wash out ,
- washed out ,
- washes out ,
- washing out ,
- wipe off face of earth .
- Overgrew ,
- Overshooting ,
- go beyond ,
- goes beyond ,
- going beyond ,
- over-run ,
- over-runs ,
- overgrow ,
- overshoot ,
- overshoots ,
- overshot ,
- overstep ,
- ran over ,
- run on ,
- run over ,
- running on ,
- running over ,
- spread like wildfire ,
- well over ,
- went beyond .
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How to use "Ravage" in context?
The word "ravage" is defined as a destructive and careless act. It can refer to anything from smashing something to tearing it apart. Ravage is often used in the context of violence, destruction, and mayhem. It can also be used as an adjective to describe something that is intense and aggressive.
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Hyponym for Ravage:
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