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ravage implies violent often cumulative depredation and destruction. a hurricane ravaged the coast. devastate implies the complete ruin and desolation of a wide area. an earthquake devastated the city. waste may imply producing the same result by a slow process rather than sudden and violent action.
Synonyms for RAVAGE: destroy, devastate, ruin, plunder, scourge, overwhelm, wreck, despoil; Antonyms of RAVAGE: recover, restore, rehabilitate, redeem, repair, recondition, patch, fix.
Ravage definition: to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ruinous or destructive action. See examples of RAVAGE used in a sentence.
to cause great damage to something or someone: Hurricane Mitch ravaged the tiny Central American country. ravages. plural noun us / ˈræv·ɪ·dʒɪz / They survived the ravages of disease and malnutrition. (Definition of ravage from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The word ravage can be used as a noun or a verb meaning destruction or to destroy. In a war, bombs and the attacking army will ravage the country under siege. When ravage is used as a noun, you usually see it in the plural. Beware of the ravages of drugs on your body and your life.
Check pronunciation: ravage. Definition of ravage verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb [usually passive] A town, country, or economy that has been ravaged is one that has been damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed. For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention. [be VERB -ed] The camerawork makes the ravaged streets of New Orleans look exquisite.
