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/ɹˈævɪdʒ/
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[ US /ˈɹævɪdʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈɹævɪdʒ/ ]
VERB
- make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
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cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
NOUN
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(usually plural) a destructive action
the depredations of age and disease
the ravages of time
How To Use ravage In A Sentence
- 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.? Élie Ducommun - Nobel Lecture
- Dire positions often brought the best out of him, before injury ravaged the closing years of his Test career. Times, Sunday Times
- 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. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
- Around the same time, an invasive worm called the teredo ravaged the docks and pilings along the waterfront, and periodic fires wiped out most of the buildings. SFGate: Top News Stories
- Ravages of age: Glacier National Park turns 100, but melting glaciers portend big changes resources | Recommend Latest World & National News & Headlines
- As it sways precariously beneath the five-tonner, a small priesthood of caretakers will guide it to a washbasin and gently remove the ravages of worship and travel. Roy and His Rock
- The countryside of Pisa had been ravaged by aerial bombardments and artillery barrages, leaving only a wilderness of roofless houses and smoking craters.
- In 1390 a great plague ravaged the country.
- Be 19 with peachy, firm skin unblemished by the ravages of time. The Sun
- Be 19 with peachy, firm skin unblemished by the ravages of time. The Sun
