Ravage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town.
  • v. To pillage; sack: Enemy soldiers ravaged the village.
  • verb-intransitive. To wreak destruction.
  • n. The act or practice of pillaging, destroying, or devastating.
  • n. Grievous damage; havoc: the ravages of disease.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To devastate or destroy something
  • v. To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something
  • v. To wreak destruction
  • n. Grievous damage or havoc
  • n. Depredation or devastation
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste
  • v. To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Desolation or destruction wrought by the violent action of men or beasts, or by physical or moral causes; devastation; havoc; waste; ruin: as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an invading army; the ravages of passion or grief.
  • n. Synonyms Pillage, plunder, spoliation, despoilment. These words all apply not to the treatment of people directly, but to the destruction or appropriation of property.
  • To desolate violently; lay waste, as by force, storm, etc.; commit havoc on; devastate; pillage; despoil.
  • Synonyms To plunder, waste. See the noun.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  • v. make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
  • n. (usually plural) a destructive action
  • Verb Form
    ravaged    ravages    ravaging   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    destroy    ruin    demolition    destruction    wipeout   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    despoilment    waste    devastation    ruin    spoil    desolation    plunder    pillage    havoc    destroy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    savage   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scourge    inroads    depredation    prevalence    devastation    havoc    outbreak    visitation    slaughter    epidemic