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ravage
- /ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -ævɪd͡ʒ
Where it comes from
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”).
verb ravages · ravaging · ravaged
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To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
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.
Similar: annihilate, obliterate, ravel, destroy, aerosolize, atomize, benothing, bewreck, blot out, blotto, dash, decompose
- To pillage or plunder destructively; to sack.
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To wreak destruction.
Similar: rack
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To have vigorous sexual intercourse with.
Similar: hit, plough, smash, Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, go to bed with
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To rape.
And luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared. Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued. But he was honest enough to admit that he had never yet been made to suffer by cards or by women.
Similar: force, outrage, ravish, abuse, constuprate, defile, defoul, dishonour, misuse, oppress, pollute, rape
noun ravages
- Grievous damage or havoc. Would one think 'twere possible for love / To make such ravage in a noble soul!
- Depredation or devastation. the ravages of fire or tempest
Translations
Every language
verb to devastate, destroy or lay waste to something
| Español | estragar, arrasar, asolar, desfigurar, devastar |
|---|---|
| Português | devastar |
| Français | ravager |
| Deutsch | verwüsten, zerstören |
| Italiano | devastare, distruggere |
| Русский | опустоша́ть opustošátʹ |
| العربية | اِجْتَاحَ ijtāḥa, خَرَبَ ḵaraba |
verb to wreak destruction
| Português | arruinar |
|---|
noun depredation or devastation
| Português | devastação |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Verwüstung |
| Italiano | devastazione |
| Română | ravagiu, devastare |
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