ravage in WordNet English dictionary

1. (usually plural) a destructive action
   "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"
   ravage  depredation 
   

1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
   "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
   lay waste to  waste  devastate  desolate  ravage  scourge 
   
2. make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
   harry  ravage