pillaged

7.2

Robbed and badly damaged during war or fighting

adjective
/ˈpɪlɪdʒd/

: saqueado

Many villages were pillaged during the invasion, leaving nothing but ruins behind.

Examples

After the army retreated, the once-thriving town lay pillaged and deserted.
The pillaged village was left in ruins.
The museum displayed artifacts recovered from pillaged ancient cities.
After the battle, the pillaged town had no survivors.
Many villages were pillaged during the invasion, leaving nothing but ruins behind.
After the army retreated, the once-thriving town lay pillaged and deserted.
The museum displayed artifacts recovered from pillaged ancient cities.

Synonyms

plundered

vspillaged

6.1

Robbed and emptied of things during war or chaos

emphasizes robbery plus deliberate destruction, especially in wartime situations

sacked

vspillaged

7.8

A place that soldiers steal from and destroy during an attack

is similar but applies to violent theft and damage beyond just invasion acts

despoiled

vspillaged

8.7

Something that has had valuable things taken by force

stresses both the stripping of goods and the violent destruction together

looted

vspillaged

5.3

A place that had things stolen during a riot or war

adds stronger sense of organized destruction and wartime stripping beyond opportunism

ransacked

vspillaged

6.0

A place where people searched everywhere and stole valuable things

focuses more on both theft and violent damage rather than searching alone

raped

vspillaged

Offensive

9.4

Severely damaged or destroyed by people using force

highlights theft plus systematic destruction rather than damage alone

ravaged

vspillaged

5.9

Badly damaged by violence or natural disaster

includes that level of destruction but also specifically the stripping of valuables

Antonyms

protected

1 2.0

Kept safe from harm or danger

How Damaged

destroyed

2.8

sacked

7.8

pillaged

7.2

damaged

1 1.1

looted

5.3

untouched

20 3.0

Surface Forms

pillaged positive

Morphology

pillaged = pillage (transparent) = pillage + ed

Regular past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'pillage'; the meaning is directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

The word pillaged comes from an old French verb pillier that meant 'to pluck', like pulling hair or things away. So when a place is pillaged, it has been violently robbed and left stripped of its valuables.