ravager

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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
  • After a police wrecker lifted the truck, officers found a further 11 bodies crushed beneath the iron rods.
    Adam England, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
  • The next step for him is to make the jump into a consistent game-wrecker, even against NFL-level offensive tackles.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • In Britain, all the large predators had long since been exterminated and the smaller ones (like foxes) were ruthlessly persecuted.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026
  • Adorned with almost graphically violent labels showcasing alpha predators -- a shark, a grizzly, an orca, a lion and some sort of particularly angry bird of prey -- the bottles are a far cry from the placid villas and languorous ladies plastered across so many wines.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Keep your paltry pocket lighters sheathed, would-be saboteurs.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Sharaa, who has signed a five-year transitional document that serves as a de facto constitution, seems aware of the risks and has thus far been able to outflank his potential rivals and saboteurs, keeping his country out of the ongoing regional war.
    Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Aemond is a murderer, Aegon is a rapist; if either of them ends up on the Iron Throne for good, that would be a disaster.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 June 2026
  • Serial Westport rapist Gary Lee Jackman has died, according to an announcement from the Missouri Department of Corrections.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
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
Noun
  • The robbers got off the bus, and were taken into police custody soon afterward, police said.
    Dylan Olsen, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • In this new collection, Georgia poet laureate Chelsea Rathburn explores a hardscrabble childhood in Florida and her family of colorful characters including a sometimes-homeless bag lady and a notorious bank robber.
    Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Seoul — North Korea on Tuesday commissioned its largest-ever warship, a 5,000-ton destroyer that military analysts say could give Pyongyang’s adversaries something more to think about in a time of crisis.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • The destroyer, named Choe Hyon, signals Kim’s efforts to expand Pyongyang’s military might at sea alongside the long-standing focus on his reclusive regime’s missile arsenal.
    Stella Kim, NBC news, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Thank goodness, too, because that would have been a day-ruiner.
    Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • McKellen has mentioned the robe-ruiner before.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026

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“Ravager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravager. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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