RAVAGER Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

ravager

noun

as in demolisher

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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

However, Lawrence is the type of third-down rush specialist who can be a game-wrecker.

— Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 4 Aug. 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

But no regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president did tonight.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
In 1916, German saboteurs blew up a munitions plant on Black Tom, an island near Jersey City, New Jersey, killing about a dozen people.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026

Definition of saboteur

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

Valentino Giovanni Luchin is a man in his 60s with two wildly different legacies — he is known as a talented, hardworking Italian chef and an inept bank robber.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Back in the ’90s, one year after making her film debut in Cadillac Man, Petty skyrocketed to fame after starring alongside Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in the action film about surfers who moonlight as bank robbers.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of robber

Noun

The latest demonstration came last week, when Chinese state broadcaster CCTV released footage showing a Type 052D destroyer launching a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile from its vertical launch system.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026
Last month, Kim supervised tests of a nuclear-capable cruise missile and other weapons aboard a new 5,000-ton destroyer.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of destroyer

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