Main entry: depredation, ravage
Definition: (usually plural) a destructive action
Usage: the ravages of time; the depredations of age and disease
Main entry: desolate, devastate, scourge, lay waste to, ravage, waste
Definition: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
Usage: The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Definition: make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes