Meaning of RAVAGE
| Pronunciation: | | 'ravij
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | depredation, desolate, devastate, harry, lay waste to, waste |
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| | See Also: | | demolition, destroy, destruction, ruin | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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