· (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"
Synonym(s): depredation
Hypernym(s): destruction, demolition, wipeout
· make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
Synonym(s): harry
· cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
Synonym(s): lay_waste_to, waste, devastate, desolate, scourge