Ravage \Rav"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging.]

[F. ravager. See Ravage, n.]

To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.

Already C[ae]sar Has ravaged more than half the globe. --Addison.

His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. --Macaulay.

Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunger; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)