ravage
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈrævɪdʒ/
- His dark, craggy face was lined, but from a hard, cruel life, not from the ravages of age.
- ravages of time
- ravages of war
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- And that's fine if you have seen the ravages of narcissistic abuse and what it does to people's mental health.
- They wanted to protect groups from that those ravages and outlaw on industry, you know, in order to do so.
- This Black Death of childbirth was the ravage of Europe, and it got worse and worse and worse over the course of over a century.
Examples
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So they moved the Ark to Ekron, and that city also suffered the ravages of the terrible plague.
Fiction book (1994) -
Marble and paint are subject to the ravages of time.
Fiction book (1998) -
What does it look like when the ravages of time have taken over these things?
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And seems to me it's a hell of a lot better than being exposed to the ravages of stress.
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Others simply hoped to protect their persons or investments from the ravages of war.
Academic text (2001) -
I'd say I'm pretty sound, considering the ravages of time.
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They were full of health and apparently immune to the ravages of the disease.
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On every side lay cultivated fields showing no sign of war and war's ravages.
Fiction book (1998) -
Today, only isolated spots remain unscathed by the ravages of civilization and the tourist onslaught.
Academic text (2003) -
The sculptures showed the ravages of time, with cracks and discoloration marking their surfaces.
Synonyms
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Severe damage that makes something no longer exist or cannot be fixed
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9.8
Damage and stealing caused by a violent attack
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6.8
A tendency to cause damage to people or things
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8.7
An action that causes great damage or destruction
Antonyms
How Destructive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word ravages (as in 'the ravages of time') comes from the same Latin root rapere, which meant 'to seize' and was used for plunder. So ravages are the destructive effects that seem to 'take away' things over time, like the damage left by a storm or war.