ravaged

[rav-ijd]

adjective

1. ruinously damaged or marred.

   After the war they were faced with a ravaged landscape and a deeply scarred population.

   Her heart contracted with pity when she saw the ravaged face and red, swollen eyes of her friend.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of ravage.

Other Word Forms

• unravaged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ravaged¹

First recorded in 1650–60; ravage ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective; ravage ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb

Example Sentences

The guns will fall silent in Gaza, more aid will flow into the ravaged enclave, and Palestinians won't live each day fearing it could be their last.

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Baltimore’s offense is in disarray and its defense is ravaged by injuries.

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Muhammad Ali, “The Greatest,” was ravaged by the disease that doctors theorized was the result of blows to the head, many from Frazier.

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Arnzen said some residents fear the trees could fall, pointing to instances in Paradise where trees left standing for years after the fire that ravaged the area finally succumbed.

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The Times used county vehicle locator data earlier this year to reveal that most county fire trucks didn’t shift into west Altadena until long after it was ravaged by fire.

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Related Words

• broken 
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• devastated 
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• shattered 
• smashed 
• wrecked