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ravaged

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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.
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Adj.1.ravaged - having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside"
destroyed - spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"


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She was already old, with a ravaged countenance and a physique curiously hard and stiff.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
After these came all the other captains who till now have directed the arms of Italy; and the end of all their valour has been, that she has been overrun by Charles, robbed by Louis, ravaged by Ferdinand, and insulted by the Switzers.
 
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