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ravaging

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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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Noun1.ravagingravaging - plundering with excessive damage and destruction
devastation
pillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
Adj.1.ravaging - ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness"
destructive - causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"


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A MAN-EATING tiger was ravaging the Kingdom of Damnasia, and the King, greatly concerned for the lives and limbs of his Royal subjects, promised his daughter Zodroulra to any man who would kill the animal.
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Without having any definite idea of the penalties I had incurred, it was clear to me that village boys could not go stalking about the country, ravaging the houses of gentlefolks and pitching into the studious youth of England, without laying themselves open to severe punishment.
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One of the fierce summer storms which sometimes sweep over the gulf was ravaging the sea.
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