ravage

[ravĀ·age]

The word ravage can be used as a noun or a verb meaning destruction or to destroy. In a war, bombs and the attacking army will ravage the country under siege.

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Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time.

Noun
(usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depradations of age and disease"

Verb
devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

Verb
make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes


n.
Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time.

n.
To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.


Ravage

Rav"age (?; 48), n. [F., fr. (assumed) L. rapagium, rapaticum, fr. rapere to carry off by force, to ravish. See Rapacious, Ravish.] Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time.
Would one think 't were possible for love To make such ravage in a noble soul?
Syn. -- Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder; spoil; waste; ruin.

Ravage

Rav"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging .] [F. ravager. See Ravage, n.] To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
Already C'91sar Has ravaged more than half the globe.
His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away.
Syn. -- To despoil; pillage; plunger; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.

Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time.

To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.

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