Meaning

2 senses

  1. Grievous damage or havoc.

  2. Depredation or devastation.

    the ravages of fire or tempest

    the ravages of an army

    Verwüstung

More definitions
  • (usually plural) a destructive action

Examples

26 sentences

  1. Floods have ravaged parts of Germany.

    ruНекоторые районы Германии пострадали от наводнений. — odexed

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  2. The flycatcher has ravaged the flies.

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  3. The city was ravaged by a tornado.

    ruГород был разрушен торнадо. — marafon

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  4. The nuclear tests ravaged the local environment.

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  5. Our land was ravaged by the fire.

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
depredation or devastation:

Origin

From French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”), from ravir (“to bear away suddenly”), from La

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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Forms

plural: ravages
Singularravage
Pluralravages

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rattleB2rattlesnakeraucousraveravel

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