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however some visitors can be despoiled by the escorts
There is no "the synonym" for ravaged but there are several synonyms for ravaged: - despoiled, pillaged, raped, sacked
Its excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled the good earth.
Also spelled Janice, originally French. It is said to mean- A Precious Gift from God. Man, How Janis Jopllin despoiled that one!
NO THEY DO NOT!
For a start they are not semi-precious gems.
For another thing they are not there to be collected or despoiled but left in place, undisturbed, for genuine cavers and show-cave visitors to admire.