Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense ravages, present participle ravaging, past tense, past participle ravaged
VERB [usually passive]毁坏;摧毁;搞垮 A town, country, or economy that has been ravaged is one that has been damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed. 毁坏;摧毁;搞垮
For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention. [beVERB-ed]