RAVAGED Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

ravaged

verb

past tense of ravage

as in destroyed

to bring destruction to (something) through violent action the hurricane ravaged the state and caused billions of dollars worth of damage

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Recent Examples of ravaged Then, a year after the Palisades wildfires ravaged Southern California, destroying his home, Pratt, 42, announced his bid for Los Angeles mayor. —

James Ward, USA Today, 4 June 2026 The year before, his hometown of Mexico City had been ravaged by a massive earthquake. —

Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026 Fires ravaged the ballpark’s left-field bleachers in May 1926, and a tornado’s ferocious winds tore through additional sections of seats that July, and ownership could not afford to renovate. —

Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026 If Detroit, the city most ravaged by deindustrialization, can remake its defining industry and rebuild its downtown around a single, audacious bet on the future, so can America. —

Time, 2 June 2026 Meanwhile, the five books of the Stormlight Archive take place in a world ravaged by magical storms where a cast of characters get embroiled in an ancient conflict. —

Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026 Regions like Tigray, Amhara, and Oromia remain ravaged by active warfare, massacres, and mass displacement. —

Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 31 May 2026 The April 8th strikes ravaged a range of sites across the country. —

Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026 By Jenna Jarrah When the January 2025 wildfires ravaged through Los Angeles County, devastating communities in Altadena, Pacific Palisades, and Malibu, students faced terrible losses, having their homes and schools turned to ash. —

Daily News, 20 May 2026

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Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed more than 350 Ukrainian drones over territories both close to the border but also as further afield as Moscow, St Petersburg, and Novgorod in the country’s west, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
Twelve people were killed, including two young boys, in the southeastern city of Dnipro, where a four-story apartment building was partially destroyed, local officials said.

— Valentyn Ogirenko, USA Today, 2 June 2026