Used in a Sentence

ravaging

How to use ravaging in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for ravaging.

Editorial note

But I guess you need a World War ravaging your continent first to get there.

Examples14
Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

plundering with excessive damage and destruction

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ravaging gathered in one view.

noun

plundering with excessive damage and destruction

adjective

ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ravaging.

noun

plundering with excessive damage and destruction

adjective

ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness"

Example sentences

1

But I guess you need a World War ravaging your continent first to get there.

2

Climate change is just ravaging the coffee band.

3

I’m old enough to remember when we didn’t have such ravaging fires, and lightning happened all the time.

4

It's not like britain ever gave much thought to the well being of india while it was ravaging india for 150 years.

5

It's all a part of history, he was a terrible person for ravaging the land but we celebrate him today.

6

All of these have particularly large datacenter footprints in places where fires are ravaging the countryside.

7

State intervention is only required if a company is ravaging the economy.

8

Until it is less profitable to make cheap junk that doesn't last and isn't repairable companies will not stop ravaging the environment in their reckless pursuit of profit.

9

This may discourage the recipient from drinking in the future by essentially preventing the body from protecting itself from the ravaging effects of alcohol.

10

Seems like we generally feel alright ravaging Earth's existing species, so why isn't it ok for some hypothetically superior intelligence to ravage us?

11

If somebody had something meaningful to say other than "I am disgusted by these pictures and a vague reference to a guy ravaging his girlfriend like a 14th century asian warrior!

12

So either Boehner and the minority of Republicans he is working with are lunatics, or else they are willing to risk ravaging an already suffering economy for the sake of undoing a single law.

13

But extra vitamins do not protect us from the long-term “diseases of civilization” that are currently ravaging our country, including obesity, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes — many of which are strongly associated with diet.

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In context of a stacked deck: century of colonial ravaging, postswar destruction and western bloc containment, the CCP had the ambition to pursue rejuvenation over stagnation and prevented the historic pattern of collapse and fragmentation.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ravaging in a sentence?

But I guess you need a World War ravaging your continent first to get there.

What does ravaging mean?

plundering with excessive damage and destruction

What part of speech is ravaging?

ravaging is commonly used as noun, adjective.