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PILLAGED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
Example:
the raped countryside
Synonyms:
despoiled; pillaged; raped; ravaged; sacked
Classified under:
Similar:
destroyed (spoiled or ruined or demolished)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
Example:
people returned to the plundered village
Synonyms:
looted; pillaged; plundered; ransacked
Classified under:
Similar:
empty (holding or containing nothing)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb pillage
