ravaged

Questions about ravaged

What does ravaged mean?

ravaged means "having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence".

How many syllables are in ravaged?

ravaged has 2 syllables: ravag-ed. The stress falls on "ravag". In IPA it is /ˈɹævɪdʒd/.

What is another word for ravaged?

Close synonyms include despoiled, pillaged, raped, sacked. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ravaged a common word?

ravaged is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.