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ravage

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ravage  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ravage  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ravage 
  n  :  (usually  plural)  a  destructive  action  "the  ravages  of  time" 
  v  1:  make  a  pillaging  or  destructive  raid  on  (a  place),  as  in 
  wartimes  [syn:  {harry}] 
  2:  devastate  or  ravage;  "The  enemy  lay  waste  to  the  countryside 
  after  the  invasion"  [syn:  {lay  waste  to},  {waste},  {devastate}, 
  {desolate}]




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