About The Word Ravage
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Ravage
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What's The Definition Of Ravage?
[n] (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depradations of age and disease"
[v] devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" [v] make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes Synonyms | Synonyms for Ravage: depredation | desolate | devastate | harry | lay waste to | waste Related Terms | Find terms related to Ravage: See Also | demolition | destroy | destruction | ruin Ravage In Webster's Dictionary \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? --Addison.
Syn: Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder;
spoil; waste; ruin.
\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[ae]sar Has ravaged more than half the globe. --Addison. His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. --Macaulay. Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunger; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin. |
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