ravager

[ rav-i-jer ]

noun

1. a person or thing that works havoc or does ruinous damage:

   Cancer is a ravager of the body and soul.

   Toward the end of the 8th century, Viking ravagers began to harry the British Isles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ravager¹

First recorded in 1605–15; ravage ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

Example Sentences

After working on lipid-based drug delivery systems for so many years, Cullis said in an interview that he has been awed by their sudden success in vaccines that will save countless people from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic.

From Washington Post

But this unaccountable gray ravager 108 was bigger than any two such wolves, fiercer and more dauntless than any ten.

From Project Gutenberg

This checked the hounds for a moment, but Ravager cast forward, and presently they came on faster than ever.

From Project Gutenberg

He looked back at the pack working out his line in the fields below him, and saw that Ravager was at their head.

From Project Gutenberg

A grey bear visited the folds at Hleithargarth; many such a ravager was there far and wide throughout the country.

From Project Gutenberg

The good fortune that secured me the ravaged pupa taught me nothing concerning the tactics of the ravager.

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Related Words

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