ravage
verb (used with object)
to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ruinous or destructive action.
is ravaging
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present progressiveof ravage (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Refreshingly, it began the opinion with facts about how climate change is ravaging Montana and threatens everybody’s way of life.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2024
And while malnutrition is ravaging the country's youngest, aid which had prevented healthcare from collapsing has had to be withdrawn.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2023
Today, the virus is ravaging Pennsylvania hospitals once again, with numbers nearing or exceeding those during the worst months of the pandemic.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
The virus is ravaging several sectors of public life, including theatres.
From Reuters ● Dec. 29, 2021
A green Locustid, with a short sabre bent into a reaping-hook, Phaneroptera falcata, is ravaging the corollae of my petunias.
From More Hunting Wasps by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
