ravaging

/R AE1 V IH0 JH IH0 NG/
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.

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is ravaged.

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