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ravage

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rav·age  (rvj)
v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages
v.tr.
1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town.
2. To pillage; sack: Enemy soldiers ravaged the village.
v.intr.
To wreak destruction.
n.
1. The act or practice of pillaging, destroying, or devastating.
2. Grievous damage; havoc: the ravages of disease.

[French ravager, from Old French, to uproot, from ravir, to ravish; see ravish.]

ravag·er n.

ravage
Verb
[-aging, -aged]
to cause extensive damage to
Noun
ravages the damaging effects: the ravages of weather and pollution [Old French ravir to snatch away]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ravageravage - (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
demolition, wipeout, destruction - an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
Verb1.ravage - make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
2.ravage - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
ruin - reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war"

ravage
verb 1. destroy, ruin, devastate, wreck, shatter, gut, spoil, loot, demolish, plunder, desolate, sack, ransack, pillage, raze, lay waste, wreak havoc on, despoil, leave in ruins
Translations

ravage [ˈrævɪdʒ] vthacer estragos en, destrozar;
ravages nplestragos mpl
ravage [ˈrævɪdʒ] vtravager
ravage [ˈrævɪdʒ] vtverwüsten
ravage [ˈrævɪdʒ] vtdevastare

ravage
v ravage [ˈrӕvidʒ]
(of enemies, invaders etc) to cause great damage or destruction in, or to plunder (a town, country etc). verwoesting تَخْريب، خَراب опустошавам (z)pustošit ødelægge; hærge verwüsten ρημάζω devastar laastama تخریب کردن؛ ویران گری کردن tuhota ravager לַהֲרוֹס उजाड़ना harati, pustošiti feldúl (és kifoszt) membinasakan leggja í auðn devastare 破壊する 파괴하다 nuniokoti postījumi memusnahkan teisteren herje, røve, plyndre pustoszyć assolar a devasta; a face ravagii опустошать, разорять (s)pustošiť opustošiti opustošiti ödelägga, hemsöka, plundra ทำให้เสียหาย harap etmek, yakıp yıkmak 蹂躪,劫掠,毀壞,掠奪 спустошення, знищення غارت کرنا tàn phá; cướp bóc 躏,劫


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The town itself is a famous old place, dating from the dim days of King Ethelred, when the Danes anchored their warships in the Kennet, and started from Reading to ravage all the land of Wessex; and here Ethelred and his brother Alfred fought and defeated them, Ethelred doing the praying and Alfred the fighting.
His right arm, from the elbow down, looked as though it had gone through a threshing machine, what of the ravage wrought by claws and fangs.
My eyes were now, as I held him off a little again, on Miles's own face, in which the collapse of mockery showed me how complete was the ravage of uneasiness.
 
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