Synonyms for ravage
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Devastate — to devastate, destroy or lay waste to something
devastate, destroy, desolate, harry, ruin, havoc, waste, kill, lay waste, annihilate, raze, obliterate, damage, demolish, scourge, consume, uproot, spoil, wreck, sack, dissolve, mischief
2. Plunder — to pillage or plunder destructively; to sack
plunder, despoil, ransack, pillage, strip, loot, foray, spoliate dated
3. Ravish — to rape
pollute, force, rape, violate, misuse, desecrate, contaminate, debauch, pervert, ravish dated, defile dated, abuse dated, vitiate dated, outrage dated, oppress dated, constuprate dated
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
- v. 2
To pillage or plunder destructively; to sack.
- v. 3
To have vigorous sexual intercourse with.
- n. 1
Grievous damage or havoc.
Example sentences
- kill He tried to kill himself because he lost her love.
- destroy Do you really think it will destroy my reputation?
- havoc The drunken sailors wrecked havoc inside the bar.
- devastate The flood waters will devastate the nearby town.
- plunder They lived for deeds of daring and plunder.
By length
- 3 letters
- hit1
- 4 letters
- kill1, rape1, ruin2, sack1, rack1, loot1, raze1
- 5 letters
- force1, waste1, harry2, abuse2, strip1, smash1, wreck1, sweep1, spoil1, havoc2, foray2
- 6 letters
- damage2, misuse2, seduce2, plough1, uproot2, defile, ravish
- 7 letters
- destroy2, consume2, violate3, outrage2, pervert2, scourge1, plunder2, undoing3, pollute2, oppress2, pillage2, ransack2, vitiate3, debauch
- 8 letters
- dissolve2, mischief2, desolate3, demolish3, spoliate
- 9 letters
- devastate3, desecrate3
- 10 letters
- desolation4, annihilate4, obliterate4, spoliation
- 11 letters
- destruction3, devastation4, contaminate4, depredation4, constuprate, despoilment
- 12 letters
- despoliation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).