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

No one is as refined as the Ohio State star, but Coleman’s potential as a 6-foot-3, 210-pound, do-everything game-wrecker is tantalizing.

— Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 19 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 the speedy predators have been unable to outrun a wasting disease that's killed billions of sea stars.

— John Ryan, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star in the movie about a family in the early 1980s whose suburban neighborhood has landed in a place teeming with prehistoric predators.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of predator

Noun

Private corporations have long worked with the federal government to help disrupt cybercriminals, but largely as contractors fulfilling a support role, not digital saboteurs handed a target.

— Henry Larson, NPR, 15 Aug. 2026
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

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

More firepower The additional launch cells could matter most when Type 054Bs operate with smaller task groups or without major destroyer support.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
The carrier, along with a cruiser and a destroyer, have since been spotted crossing the Singapore Strait.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of destroyer

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