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Ravage \Rav"age\ (r[a^]v"[asl]j; 48), n. [F., fr. (assumed) L.
rapagium, rapaticum, fr. rapere to carry off by force, to
ravish. See {Rapacious}, {Ravish}.]
Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction;
devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the
ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of
time.
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Would one think 't were possible for love
To make such ravage in a noble soul? --Addison.
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Syn: Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder;
spoil; waste; ruin.
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Ravage \Rav"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravaged}
(r[a^]v"[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ravaging}
(r[a^]v"[asl]*j[i^]ng).] [F. ravager. See {Ravage}, n.]
To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit
havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
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Already Caesar
Has ravaged more than half the globe. --Addison.
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His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away.
--Macaulay.
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Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil; devastate;
desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.
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