ravage

nouns

(usually plural) a destructive action
"the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"
depredation, ravage

verbs

make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
harry, ravage
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste
is derived from
ravaging