RAVAGED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for RAVAGED?

Need another word that means the same as “ravaged”? Find 4 synonyms and 30 related words for “ravaged” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Ravaged” are: despoiled, pillaged, raped, sacked

Ravaged as an Adjective

Definitions of "Ravaged" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ravaged” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Disfigured by age or illness.
• Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
• Severely damaged; devastated.

Synonyms of "Ravaged" as an adjective (4 Words)

despoiled	Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
pillaged	Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
sacked	Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.

Usage Examples of "Ravaged" as an adjective

• He hopes to visit his ravaged homeland.
• The ravaged faces of the elderly cancer victims.

Associations of "Ravaged" (30 Words)

arrogate	Demand as being one’s due or property; assert one’s right or title to. They arrogate to themselves the ability to divine the nation s true interests.
beset	(of a problem or difficulty) trouble (someone or something) persistently. She was beset with self doubt.
buccaneer	Live like a buccaneer. The marauding buccaneers who used to terrorize the Mediterranean coasts.
commandeer	Enlist (someone) to help in a task. A nearby house had been commandeered by the army.
corsair	A privateer, especially one operating along the southern shore of the Mediterranean in the 16th–18th centuries.
depredation	(usually plural) a destructive action. Protecting grain from the depredations of rats and mice.
desolate	(of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness. A low desolate wail.
devastate	Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly. The city was devastated by a huge earthquake.
disturb	Damage as if by shaking or jarring. I am disturbed by the document I have just read.
freebooter	A pirate or lawless adventurer.
hack	Cut with a hacking tool. This hack doesn t work on machines that have a firewall.
harry	Annoy continually or chronically. The raiders then spent three months harrying and burning the area.
hijack	An incident or act of hijacking. A man armed with grenades hijacked the jet yesterday.
infamous	Known widely and usually unfavorably. The medical council disqualified him for infamous misconduct.
invasion	Any entry into an area not previously occupied. The tumor s invasion of surrounding structures.
loot	Take illegally; of intellectual property. Ten thousand quid is a lot of loot.
misfortune	Unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event. Never laugh at other people s misfortunes.
notorious	Famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed. A notorious gangster.
pillage	Steal (something) using violence, especially in wartime. The abbey was plundered and pillaged.
pirate	A ship that is manned by pirates. Pirate recordings.
plunder	Plunder a town after capture. The army sacked the city and carried off huge quantities of plunder.
privateer	An officer or crew member of a privateer. It may be instructive to compare the supposedly wasteful public sector with the supposedly lean privateers.
raid	Conduct a raid on. The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly.
ransack	Search thoroughly. Man has ransacked the planet for fuel.
rapine	The act of despoiling a country in warfare. Industrial rapine.
rob	Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner. Poor health has robbed her of a normal social life.
usurp	Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one’s right or possession. The Church had usurped upon the domain of the state.
viking	Any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries.
waylay	Wait in hiding to attack. He waylaid me on the stairs.
wreck	Suffer or undergo shipwreck. An eye injury wrecked his chances of a professional career.