ravage
21ravage — ravagement, n. ravager, n. /rav ij/, v., ravaged, ravaging, n. v.t. 1. to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief. v.i. 2. to work havoc; do ruinous damage. n. 3. havoc; ruinous damage: the ravages of war. 4.… …
22ravage — verb they ravaged the countryside Syn: lay waste, devastate, ruin, destroy, wreak havoc on, leave desolate; pillage, plunder, despoil, ransack, sack, loot, rape •• ravage, despoil, devastate, pillage, plunder, sack, waste Ravage, pillage, sack,… …
23ravage — I. noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from ravir to ravish more at ravish Date: circa 1611 1. an act or practice of ravaging 2. damage resulting from ravaging ; violently destructive effect < the ravages of time > II. verb …
24RAVAGE — n. m. Dommage, dégât fait avec violence et rapidité. Les ennemis font de grands ravages dans la campagne. Les sangliers, les renards ont fait de grands ravages, beaucoup de ravage dans ce pays. Il se dit également des Dommages que causent les… …
25ravage — verb Ravage is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑storm Ravage is used with these nouns as the object: ↑country, ↑countryside …
26ravage — UK [ˈrævɪdʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms ravage : present tense I/you/we/they ravage he/she/it ravages present participle ravaging past tense ravaged past participle ravaged to destroy something or damage it very badly …
27ravage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. lay waste, pillage, plunder, sack, devastate. See destruction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. pillage, overrun, devastate, destroy, despoil, lay waste, plunder, sack, desolate, wreck, waste, disrupt,… …
28ravage — rav|age [ˈrævıdʒ] v [T usually passive] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: ravager, from ravage destruction , from ravir; RAVISH] to damage something very badly ▪ a country ravaged by civil war ▪ His health was gradually ravaged by drink and… …
29Ravage — Ra|va|ge [ra va:ʒə] die; , n <aus gleichbed. fr. ravage zu ravir »rauben«, dies über das Vulgärlat. aus lat. rapere »fortreißen«> (veraltet) Verheerung, Verwüstung …
30ravage — verb cause extensive damage to; devastate. noun (ravages) the destructive effects of something. Derivatives ravager noun Origin C17: from Fr. ravager, from earlier ravage, alt. of ravine rush of water …
