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