ravage

/หˆษนรฆvษชdส’/

IPA: /R AE1 V IH0 JH/

noun
  1. 1

    Grievous damage or havoc.

  2. 2

    Depredation or devastation

    โ€œthe ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of timeโ€

verb
  1. 1

    To devastate or destroy something.

  2. 2

    To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something.

  3. 3

    To wreak destruction.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ravage