Synonyms:
ravaging
Meaning: ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
ravaging, devastation
Meaning: plundering with excessive damage and destruction
Usage examples
He further enjoined his friend to let no man know of his departure from life, to the intent that the fear of his approach might prevent fresh monsters and new robbers from ravaging the earth.
After ravaging, plundering, and burning several towns on the Peruvian coast, after sinking all the vessels that he met with, and amassing a considerable booty, De Noort, hearing that a squadron commanded by the brother of the viceroy, Don Luis de Velasco, had been sent in pursuit of him, judged it time to make for the Ladrone Islands, where he anchored on the 16th of September.