to ravage
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6.6
- verb
- /ˈrævɪdʒ/
:
devastar
- A cycle of fear and hatred grips America and conflict still does ravage much of the world.
- ravaged by war
- ravaged the country
- ravaged the city
COVID is going to ravage this country.
- COVID is going to ravage this country.
- The opioid epidemic continues to ravage our communities.
- We need greater investment as this dual pandemic ravages America.
- And that's what's so dangerous about it is that it's just this new thing that can totally ravage, ravage us.
- If you can harness that incubus fly across time and space to ravage the maidens and the sororities.
Examples
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For two decades, wars ravaged Nicaragua: first in the cities; then in the countryside.
Academic text (1990) -
Each day on the drive downtown to the theater, we passed deserted and ravaged neighborhoods.
Fiction book (1993) -
COVID is going to ravage this country.
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But time and wars ravage our works as well as our bodies.
Academic text (1994) -
It's being ravaged as we speak.
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The entire economic, political, and social infrastructure has been ravaged by civil war.
Academic text (1993) -
Each year, fires ravage nearly a half-million square miles of grasslands in subequatorial Africa.
Academic text (2000) -
Electoral fraud and endemic corruption have once again ravaged a promising democratic experiment.
Academic text (2008) -
They proceeded to ravage Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Bulgaria until they reached the Theodosian Walls.
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The hurricane will ravage the coastal areas, leaving many homes destroyed.
Synonyms
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1.0
Damage something so badly that it cannot be used or fixed
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2.9
To badly damage or destroy something
221
4.9
To destroy something greatly or make people feel deeply shocked and sad
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4.9
To break rock or walls using explosives to make an opening
72
5.1
To make someone's hopes, confidence, or plans fail completely
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7.5
To destroy completely, often killing many people
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4.7
To destroy a place completely, leaving only ruins
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7.7
To destroy something completely as if by a powerful weapon
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8.7
To severely damage something so it cannot be used
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7.1
To completely destroy a building or area so nothing is left
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4.2
Completely destroy an idea, argument, or reputation
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7.6
To destroy something completely so nothing is left
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7.9
To destroy a place and leave it ruined
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6.9
Tear something into many pieces or say very bad things about it
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8.7
To pull something apart with great force
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4.7
To damage something very badly so it breaks into pieces
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9.1
To cause great suffering or damage
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7.2
Make a place empty and lifeless by destroying or leaving it
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word ravage comes from Old French and from the Latin root rapere, which meant 'to seize' or 'to grab'. Think of a raptor, a bird that grabs and tears its prey; that's why to ravage means to tear apart or cause severe damage.