ravage vs ravish
Definitions
verb
- make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
noun
- (usually plural) a destructive action
Examples
What can be said of the kingdom of Thrace, set up by the Gauls who had ravaged Macedonia, or of the kingdoms of Pontus, of Bythnia, of Pergamum and of Syria, founded by adventurers after the battle of Ipsus in 301 B.C.?
Dire positions often brought the best out of him, before injury ravaged the closing years of his Test career.
During the wars of the reign of Louis XIV. the margraviate was ravaged by the French troops, and the margrave of Baden-Baden, Louis William (d. 1707), was prominent among the soldiers who resisted the aggressions of France.
Definitions
verb
- hold spellbound
- force (someone) to have sex against their will
Examples
The urn as unravished bride proleptically contains its ravishment as a natural outcome in the ritual of weddings that parallels the consummation of questions asked.
The structure is surprisingly complex, viewing the same events from different perspectives, which Zhang helpfully colour-codes in ravishing washes of primary tints.
‘Thou still unravished bride of quietness,’ he quoted.
