Ravage

1. verb

   make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

   Similar: harry

2. verb

   cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

   “The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion”

   Similar: lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, scourge

3. noun

   (usually plural) a destructive action

   “the ravages of time”

   Similar: depredation