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1. (v.t.) ravage
to damage or mar severely:
a face ravaged by grief.
2. (v.i.) ravage
to do ruinous damage.
3. (n.) ravage
ruinous damage:
the ravages of war.
4. ravage
devastating or destructive action.
Etymology: (1605–15; < F, MF ravir to ravish)
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1. (verb) ravage, depredation
(usually plural) a destructive action
"the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"
2. (verb) harry, ravage
make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
3. (verb) lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
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1. (verb) ravage
to damage seriously
a storm that ravaged coastal communities
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Ravage
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
2. (noun) Ravage
to lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume
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Sense: (of enemies, invaders etc) to cause great damage or destruction in, or to plunder (a town, country etc).
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 Afrikaans: verwoesting |
 Arabic: تَخْريب، خَراب |
 Bulgarian: опустошавам |
 Brazilian: assolar |
 Czech: (z)pustošit |
 German: verwüsten |
 Danish: ødelægge; hærge |
 Greek: ρημάζω |
 Spanish: devastar |
 Estonian: laastama |
 Farsi: تخریب کردن؛ ویران گری کرد |
 Finnish: tuhota |
 French: ravager |
 Hebrew: לַהֲרוֹס |
 Hindi: उजाड़ना |
 Croatian: harati, pustošiti |
 Hungarian: feldúl (és kifoszt) |
 Indonesian: membinasakan |
 Icelandic: leggjaí auðn |
 Italian: devastare |
 Japanese: 破壊する |
 Korean: 휩쓸어 파괴하다 |
 Lithuanian: nuniokoti |
 Latvian: postījumi |
 Malay: memusnahkan |
 Dutch: teisteren |
 Norwegian: herje, røve, plyndre |
 Polish: pustoszyć |
 Persian: تخریب کردن؛ ویران گری کرد |
 Pashto: ورانول، ويجاړول، ړنګول، ل |
 Portuguese: assolar |
 Romanian: a devasta; a face ravagii |
 Russian: опустошать, разорять |
 Slovak: (s)pustošiť |
 Slovenian: opustošiti |
 Serbian: opustošiti |
 Swedish: ödelägga, hemsöka, plundr |
 Thai: ทำให้เสียหาย |
 Turkish: harap etmek, yakıp yıkmak |
 Taiwanese: 蹂躪，摧毀 |
 Ukrainian: спустошення, знищення |
 Urdu: غارت کرنا |
 Vietnamese: tàn phá; cướp bóc |
 Chinese: 蹂躏，劫掠，毁坏，掠夺 |
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