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Webster 1913 Edition
Ravage
Rav′age
(răv′ā̍j; 48)
, Noun.
[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.Would one think ’t were possible for love
To make such
To make such
ravage
in a noble soul? Addison.
Syn. – Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder; spoil; waste; ruin.
Rav′age
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ravaged
(răv′ā̍jd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ravaging
(răv′ā̍-jĭng)
.] To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
Already Caesar
Has
Has
ravaged
more than half the globe. Addison.
His lands were daily
ravaged
, his cattle driven away. Macaulay.
Syn. – To despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ravage
RAV'AGE
,Noun.
1.
Spoil; ruin; waste; destruction by violence, wither by men, beasts or physical causes; as the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army.Would one think 'twene possible for love to make such ravage in a noble soul.
2.
Waste; ruin; destruction by decay; as the ravages of time.RAV'AGE
, v.t.1.
To spoil; to plunder; to pillage; to sack.Already Cesar has ravag'd more than half the globe!
2.
To lay waste by any violent force; as, a flood or inundation ravages the meadows. The shatter'd forest and the ravag'd vale.
3.
to waste or destroy by eating; as fields ravaged by swarms of locusts.Definition 2025
ravage
ravage
See also: ravagé
English
Verb
ravage (third-person singular simple present ravages, present participle ravaging, simple past and past participle ravaged)
- (transitive) To devastate or destroy something.
- (transitive) To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something.
- (intransitive) To wreak destruction.
Related terms
Translations
To devastate or destroy something
To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something
Noun
ravage (plural ravages)
- Grievous damage or havoc.
- Addison
- Would one think 'twere possible for love / To make such ravage in a noble soul?
- Addison
- Depredation or devastation
- the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time
Translations
grievous damage or havoc
depredation or devastation
External links
- ravage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ravage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ra‧va‧ge
Etymology
From French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”)
Noun
ravage f (plural ravages)
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
ravage m (plural ravages)
- singular of ravages
- (archaic) The act of laying waste.
Verb
ravage
- first-person singular present indicative of ravager
- third-person singular present indicative of ravager
- first-person singular present subjunctive of ravager
- third-person singular present subjunctive of ravager
- second-person singular imperative of ravager