RAVAGES
Noun
ravages
plural of ravage
Noun
ravages pl (plural only)
Harsh damage.
Verb
ravages
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ravage
Anagrams
• savager
Source: Wiktionary
RAVAGE
Rav"age (; 48), n. Etym: [F., fr. (assumed) L. rapagium, rapaticum,
fr. rapere to carry off by force, to ravish. See Rapacious, Ravish.]
Definition: 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.
Syn.
– Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder; spoil;
waste; ruin.
Rav"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging.]
Etym: [F. ravager. See Ravage, n.]
Definition: To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc
or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
Already Cæsar Has ravaged more than half the globe. Addison.
His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. Macaulay.
Syn.
– To despoil; pillage; plunger; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate;
destroy; waste; ruin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition