ravager
One who devastates
A ravager is a person or thing that causes severe destruction or damage.
The word carries connotations of violent, thorough devastation—ravagers don't merely harm, they lay waste.
It appears in descriptions of warfare, natural disasters, and disease: The invaders proved ruthless ravagers of the countryside.
In gaming contexts, ravager often names a particularly destructive enemy creature or class.
One who ransacks
- looterThief exploiting disorder
- raiderOne who attacks suddenly
- marauderOne who raids for loot
- brigandArmed robber, often rural
pirate · bandit · reaver · freebooter · buccaneer · viking · corsair · privateer
One who destroys completely
- demolisherOne who destroys structures
- wreckerVehicle that removes others
- obliteratorSomething that destroys utterly
- ruinerOne who destroys
decimator · eradicator · exterminator · despoiler · scourge · vandal · saboteur · crusher
pillager
One who ransacks
brigand · pirate · bandit · reaver · freebooter · buccaneer · viking · corsair · privateer · depredator
annihilator
One who destroys completely
- demolisherOne who destroys structures
- wreckerVehicle that removes others
- obliteratorSomething that destroys utterly
ruiner · decimator · eradicator · exterminator · despoiler · scourge · vandal · saboteur · crusher · waster
hurricane
Violent tropical windstorm
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
- tornadoViolent rotating windstorm
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
cyclone · wildfire · tsunami · flood · pestilence · blight · cataclysm · calamity · disaster · catastrophe
predator
Organism that consumes others
savage · fiend · berserker · creature · devourer · man-eater · hellhound · werewolf · chimera · leviathan
ravagerbuilder
One who erects structures
creator · constructor · maker · cultivator · restorer
- ravages of timeCumulative damage from age