ravage

  • 51ravage — rav·age || rævɪdÊ’ n. destruction, ruin, devastation v. rob, plunder, pillage; destroy, ruin, demolish …

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  • 52ravage — I. v. a. Ruin, spoil, waste, devastate, destroy, despoil, sack, ransack, desolate, pillage, plunder, strip, lay waste, consume. II. n. Ruin, waste, spoil, pillage, plunder, rapine, desolation, destruction, devastation, havoc, despoilment …

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  • 53ravage — verb (transitive often passive) to destroy, ruin, or damage something very badly; devastate (1): be ravaged by sth: The population was ravaged by cholera …

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  • 54ravage — n 1. devastation, waste, desolation, destruction, ruin, havoc, damage, wreckage; burning, razing, leveling, demolishing; desecration, defilement, outrage, violation, vandalism; injury, harm, hurt, impairment, loss, scathe; collapse, breakdown. 2 …

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  • 55ravage — rav·age …

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  • 56ravage — verb Syn: lay waste, devastate, ruin, destroy, wreak havoc on …

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  • 57ravage — [ˈrævɪdʒ] verb [T] to destroy something, or to damage it very badly …

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  • 58ravage — rav•age [[t]ˈræv ɪdʒ[/t]] v. aged, ag•ing, n. 1) to damage or mar severely: a face ravaged by grief[/ex] 2) to do ruinous damage 3) ruinous damage: the ravages of war[/ex] 4) devastating or destructive action • Etymology: 1605–15; < F, MF… …

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  • 59ravage — /ˈrævɪdʒ / (say ravij) noun 1. devastating or destructive action. 2. havoc; ruinous damage: the ravages of war. –verb (ravaged, ravaging) –verb (t) 3. to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief. –verb (i) 4. to work… …

  • 60ravage — ra|va|ge sb., n, r, rne (forstyrrelse, ødelæggelse) …

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