Ravage — Defs

01 n. Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; t…

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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.

02 v. t. To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.

imp. & p. p. Ravaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging

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To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
“Already Caesar Has ravaged more than half the globe.” — Addison.

“His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away.” — Macaulay.