pillage

/ˈpi-lij/

Middle English pilage, from Anglo-French, from piler to rob, plunder

noun

  1. the act of looting or plundering especially in war

  2. something taken as booty

verb

  1. to plunder ruthlessly : loot

  2. to take booty

ravage devastate waste sack pillage despoil mean to lay waste by plundering or destroying. ravage implies violent often cumulative depredation and destruction. devastate implies the complete ruin and desolation of a wide area.