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 Los Angeles – and particularly the community that surrounds Riviera, still in recovery mode from the devastating fires that ravaged Pacific Palisades in January, 2025 – also won, with this week-long reminder that this community is still awfully special, no matter what the haters say. —

Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 8 June 2026 Since wildfires in 2007 ravaged large swaths of San Diego County, SDG&E has spent more than $6 billion of ratepayer dollars to reduce the risk of widespread fires. —

Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026 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

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The current San Geronimo Chapel was built in 1850 to replace a church destroyed in the Mexican American War.

— Alia Beard Rau, USA Today, 10 June 2026
The video and the SCE data offer proof that the 100-year-old line, which hadn’t been used since the early 1970s, became re-electrified and sparked the fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Altadena and surrounding areas, attorneys say.

— Tony Saavedra, Daily News, 10 June 2026