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ravage
wreak great destruction or devastation: ravage the enemy camp
Not to be confused with:
ravish – abduct, rape, or carry away with emotion: ravish the young women
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rav·age
(răv′ĭj)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 or destroying: the marauders' ravage of the village.
2.
a. Destruction, damage, or harm: The storm resulted in the ravage of the countryside.
b. ravages Destructive or harmful effects: the ravages of disease.
[French ravager, from Old French, to uproot, from ravir, to ravish; see ravish.]
rav′ag·er n.
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ravage
(ˈrævɪdʒ)vb
to cause extensive damage to
n
(often plural) destructive action: the ravages of time.
[C17: from French, from Old French ravir to snatch away, ravish]
ˈravagement n
ˈravager n
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rav•age
(ˈræv ɪdʒ)v. -aged, -ag•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to damage or mar severely: a face ravaged by grief.
v.i. 2. to do ruinous damage.
n. 3. ruinous damage: the ravages of war.
4. devastating or destructive action.
[1605–15; < French, Middle French ravir to ravish]
rav′ag•er, n.
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ravage
Past participle: ravaged
Gerund: ravaging
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| Noun | 1. |  ravage - (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 |
| Verb | 1. | ravage - make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes |
| 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" |
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ravage
verb
plural noun
1. damage, destruction, devastation, desolation, waste, ruin, havoc, demolition, plunder, pillage, depredation, ruination, rapine, spoliation the ravages of a cold, wet climate
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ravage
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Translations
تَخْريب، خَراب
pustošit
hærgeødelægge
feldúl
leggja í auîn
postījumi
ravage
[ˈrævɪdʒ]B. VT → hacer estragos
the plague ravaged the town → la peste hizo estragos en el pueblo
the region was ravaged by floods → las inundaciones causaron estragos en la región, la región fue asolada por las inundaciones
a body ravaged by disease → un cuerpo desfigurado por la enfermedad
a picture ravaged by time → un cuadro muy deteriorado por el tiempo
the plague ravaged the town → la peste hizo estragos en el pueblo
the region was ravaged by floods → las inundaciones causaron estragos en la región, la región fue asolada por las inundaciones
a body ravaged by disease → un cuerpo desfigurado por la enfermedad
a picture ravaged by time → un cuadro muy deteriorado por el tiempo
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ravage
n (of war) → verheerendes Wüten no pl; (of disease) → Wüten nt no pl, → Zerstörung f → (of durch); ravages (of war) → Verheerung f → (of durch); (of disease) → Zerstörung f → (of durch); the ravages of time → die Spuren pl → der Zeit; a face marked by the ravages of time → ein von der Zeit schwer gezeichnetes Gesicht
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ravage
(ˈrӕvidʒ) verb (of enemies, invaders etc) to cause great damage or destruction in, or to plunder (a town, country etc).
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