English to English
ravage
('r/&/v/I//dZ/
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noun (n)
- (usually plural) a destructive action(noun.event)Example:
The ravages of time.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes(verb.change)source: wordnet30
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly(verb.change)source: wordnet30
- To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.(verb)source: webster1913
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