Ravage

n.	1.	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 ravage in a noble soul? - Addison.
v. t.	1.	To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged (răv"ãjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging (răv"ã*jĭng).] Already Cæsar Has ravaged more than half the globe. - Addison. His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. - Macaulay.

Noun	1.	ravage - (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depradations of age and disease" Synonyms: depredation
Verb	1.	ravage - make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes Synonyms: harry
	2.	ravage - devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" Synonyms: devastate, lay waste to, scourge, desolate, waste

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