ravager

noun

1
as in demolisher

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2
as in predator

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Recent Examples of ravager The abject terror of reproduction was personified by Lamashtu, demoness of the night, drinker of blood, eater of flesh, slayer of children, untimely opener of wombs, ravager of women. — Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 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
  • Stewart is a potential NFL game-wrecker who has the athleticism and power to line up pretty much anywhere in the box.
    — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • If that wasn’t enough, Donald will be next to Myles Garrett, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year and a game-wrecker in his own right, on a defensive line made straight out of a video game.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of wrecker
Noun
  • Losing these predators could harm the entire park’s ecosystem.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Fee is physically abused, but Big Eric treats him differently from the other children, grooming him not as a victim but as a fellow-predator.
    — Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of predator
Noun
  • Punishing undersea saboteurs is further complicated by the rules of jurisdiction.
    — Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of saboteur
Noun
  • Her students turn Percy Shelley into a misogynist and probable rapist, then attack the idea that anything written by such a man might remain worth reading.
    — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • After looking into his relatives, detectives learned of Stephens, who police suspected was the rapist.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of rapist
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  • 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 were given a key and information about the property by Anthony Black, a security guard at the warehouse whose sister was in a relationship with Robinson.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
  • On Saturday, around seven masked robbers shut off the alarms and surveillance cameras surrounding one of Marchesi Antinori’s cellars in Cortona.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of robber
Noun
  • The destroyer belongs to the Flight III version of the Arleigh Burke-class, a design built since the 1980s and a major part of the Navy’s surface fleet.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The four-hour film, coming to theaters this October, draws a portrait of Tesla chairman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as a reckless destroyer of democracy and dismantler of free speech.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 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 10 Oct. 2026.

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