'Ravage' definitions:

Definition of 'ravage'

(from WordNet)
noun
(usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease" [syn: ravage, depredation]
verb
Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes [syn: harry, ravage]
verb
Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge]

Definition of 'Ravage'

From: GCIDE
  • Ravage \Rav"age\ (r[a^]v"[asl]j; 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Would one think 't were possible for love To make such ravage in a noble soul? --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder; spoil; waste; ruin. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ravage'

From: GCIDE
  • Ravage \Rav"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged (r[a^]v"[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging (r[a^]v"[asl]*j[i^]ng).] [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. [1913 Webster]
  • Already Caesar Has ravaged more than half the globe. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'ravage'

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