Can Ravaging Be an Adjective?

Use the adjective ravaged when you describe something that's been wrecked, especially in a violent way.

What type of word is ravaging?

The word ravage can be used as a noun or a verb meaning destruction or to destroy. In a war, bombs and the attacking army will ravage the country under siege. When ravage is used as a noun, you usually see it in the plural.

What is meant by ravaging?

Verb. ravage, devastate, waste, sack, pillage, despoil mean to lay waste by plundering or destroying. ravage implies violent often cumulative depredation and destruction.

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