ravage
verb (used with object)
to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ruinous or destructive action.
has been ravaging
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present perfect progressiveof ravage (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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In this alternate past, a fatal blood virus, known informally as the Red Wind, has been ravaging the population for about a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
For the last four years, the H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu, has been ravaging wild bird populations, spilling over into other species and infecting poultry and dairy cows.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2025
"Poor access to screening, and the scourge of HIV, which has been ravaging most parts of sub-Saharan Africa, have worsened the situation," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024
For many virologists, the best example of this unpredictability is a pathogen that has been ravaging rabbits in Australia for the past 72 years: the myxoma virus.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
I have no doubt but the epidemy, which has been ravaging Spain lately, is the same disorder with the one above described.
From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by James Grey Jackson
