ravage

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

rav·age [ravage ravages ravaged ravaging] BrE [ˈrævɪdʒ] NAmE [ˈrævɪdʒ] verb usually passive ~ sth
to damage sth badly
Syn: ↑devastate
•a country ravaged by civil war
•a recession that has ravaged the textile industry
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
early 17th cent.: from French ravager, from earlier ravage, alteration of ravine ‘rush of water’.

Example Bank:
•The countryside has been ravaged by pollution.
•the flood-/quake-/tornado-/war-ravaged country

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  depredation, lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, scourge, harry