ravager

noun

1
as in demolisher

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2
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravager
  1. wrecker
  2. predator
  3. saboteur
  4. rapist
  5. waster
  6. robber
  7. destroyer
  8. ruiner
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
  • The predator that found paradise Blue crabs swarmed quietly for decades around the Po Delta lagoons.
    — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • At the same time, the bath shouldn’t be tucked so deeply into dense landscaping that predators can hide nearby.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
Definition of predator
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
  • Keep your paltry pocket lighters sheathed, would-be saboteurs.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 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
  • An armed robber from Brooklyn named David Brumetti opened another hole in the prosecution case.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • Police identified the robber as Best after a teller gave a description of the robber.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 July 2026
Definition of robber
Noun
  • Built at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Mississippi, the vessel is the fourth Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer produced at the facility.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
  • Kobbie Mainoo will continue as a mainstay of United’s midfield next season, but the 21-year-old is not the profile of a midfield destroyer who will break up the play in the manner that Casemiro was accustomed to.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of destroyer
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
Definition of ruiner

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“Ravager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravager. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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