Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
pillaged — pɪlɪdÊ’d adj. taken in a robbery, stolen; looted, plundered pil·lage || pɪlɪdÊ’ n. plundering, taking of spoils, looting v. loot, take spoils, plunder; rob, steal … English contemporary dictionary
pillaged — adjective 1. having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence the raped countryside • Syn: ↑despoiled, ↑raped, ↑ravaged, ↑sacked • Similar to: ↑destroyed 2. wrongfully emptied or stripped of any … Useful english dictionary
despoiled pillaged raped ravaged sacked — destroyed destroyed adj. 1. p. p. of {destroy}. [Narrower terms: {annihilated, exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted}; {blighted, spoilt}; {blotted out, obliterate, obliterated};… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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