ravage

[US]/ˈrævɪdʒ/
[UK]/ˈrævɪdʒ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. destroy; plunder; damage
n. devastation, destruction
vi. destroy; plunder

Phrases & Collocations

ravage and plunder

ravage the land

ravage the village

Example Sentences

the ravages of disease.

The forest was ravaged by fire.

The invaders ravaged the countryside.

fears that a war could ravage their country.

A tornado ravaged the countryside.

The countryside has been ravaged by pollution.

The whole area was ravaged by forest fires.

the ravages committed by man.

Enemy soldiers ravaged the village.

places untouched by the ravages of man.

his face had withstood the ravages of time .

The forest fire ravaged many miles of country.

The two biggest in area, Sudan and Congo, are ravaged by strife and misgovernment.

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