ravage, depredation -- ((usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease")
Overview of verb ravage
The verb ravage has 2 senses
harry, ravage -- (make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes)
lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge -- (cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion")