RAVAGER Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

ravager

noun

as in demolisher

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as in predator

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Recent Examples of ravager Everyone cosplays as a wasteland ravager, depraved, ugly, and dirty, talking about cannibalism and the brutality of all sorts. — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Dallas’ front office believed in Johnson’s potential to be a defensive game-wrecker who can guard one through five and protect the basket.

— Christian Clark, New York Times, 20 July 2026
After a police wrecker lifted the truck, officers found a further 11 bodies crushed beneath the iron rods.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026

Definition of wrecker

Noun

These prickly hairs are for protection, with barbed ends that easily penetrate the skin of predators or your hand.

— Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
Gary Ridgway, Joel Rifkin, Robert Pickton, Peter Sutcliffe, and other serial predators have relied on the same conditions.

— Judy Harris Kluger, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026

Definition of predator

Noun

An impromptu blind date with a handsome rapist ends with Esther punching him square in the nose, his blood gushing through her fingers.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
The roommate also reported an exchange that suggested her rapist may have encountered Sebold in the past.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026

Definition of rapist

Noun

The form asks for the date and time of the watering, along with the waster’s address.

— Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
The state Department of Environmental Protection is responding and will assist in the safe disposal of waster materials generated during the cleanup Morrisey said.

— Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 22 Apr. 2026

Definition of waster

Noun

The robbers then snatched various items from display cases in the space and escaped out the window in a mere eight minutes.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
Authorities surmised that the robbers most likely broke the diamond down into smaller pieces and sold it on the black market.

— Moises Mendez II, InStyle, 22 July 2026

Definition of robber

Noun

His keenness and ability to be progressive in his passing means Bamba has the potential to be more than merely a midfield ‘destroyer’.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 24 July 2026
In this dangerous era, that title marks her as humanity’s destroyer, not its savior.

— Joe Otterson, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of destroyer

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