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Ravage

//ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Grievous damage or havoc.

    "Would one think 'twere possible for love / To make such ravage in a noble soul!"

  2. 2
    (usually plural) a destructive action wordnet
  3. 3
    Depredation or devastation.

    "the ravages of fire or tempest"

Verb
  1. 1
    To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something. transitive

    "Already Cæſar Has ravaged more than half the Globe, and ſees Mankind grown thin by his deſtructive Sword: Should he go further, Numbers would be wanting To form new Battels, and ſupport his Crimes."

  2. 2
    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly wordnet
  3. 3
    To pillage or plunder destructively; to sack. transitive
  4. 4
    make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes wordnet
  5. 5
    To wreak destruction. intransitive
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  1. 6
    To have vigorous sexual intercourse with. slang
  2. 7
    To rape. slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”), from ravir (“to bear away suddenly”), from Latin rapere (“to snatch, seize”), akin to Ancient Greek ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to seize”).

Etymology 2

From French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”), from ravir (“to bear away suddenly”), from Latin rapere (“to snatch, seize”), akin to Ancient Greek ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to seize”).

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