ravaged
adj.adj. severely damaged or destroyed by something powerful, like a war, a fire, or a disease.
adj. severely damaged, devastated, or desolated by destructive forces. Often used as a participial adjective to describe the state of a landscape, economy, or body after a period of intense suffering or violence.
The country's economy was ravaged by the long war.
After the hurricane passed, the residents returned to find their once-beautiful coastline ravaged by wind and floodwaters.
The documentary explores how the once-thriving industrial heartland was ravaged by decades of systemic neglect and the sudden departure of major manufacturing employers.
Often used predicatively after 'be' or 'look', or attributively before a noun. Frequently pairs with the preposition 'by'.