RAVAGERS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

ravagers

noun

plural of ravager

as in saboteurs

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Noun

But no regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president did tonight.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
In 1916, German saboteurs blew up a munitions plant on Black Tom, an island near Jersey City, New Jersey, killing about a dozen people.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026

Definition of saboteurs

Noun

The images could also be used by predators who can threaten to send them to a potential victim’s parents or friends unless kids pay them or meet other demands.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
But the speedy predators have been unable to outrun a wasting disease that's killed billions of sea stars.

— John Ryan, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of predators

Noun

Set in 1935, amidst the Great Depression, Season 2 revolves around the bloody massacre of the Bradley Gang, a group of bank robbers who stop in Derry to buy ammo and end up facing unimaginable horror.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Several other law enforcement vehicles then pulled up with their lights and sirens activated, and the would-be robbers ran off.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of robbers

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In instances where these agents are acting on behalf of security professionals, rather than malicious invaders, this is actually troublesome as agents are now escaping the bounds of their constraints and potentially causing more harm than good.

— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
So what better place to fight off alien invaders in a battle that would go on to define the following decade’s worth of blockbusters?

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of invaders

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The raiders’ prisoners are saved by Titus, a young man on a mysterious quest of his own, but once Bria is freed from captivity, Titus leaves her to fend for herself in the wilderness.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
Known as the Danegeld, it was collected to pay Viking raiders to leave England alone.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

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