to raven
- verb
- /ˈreɪvən/
- Archaic
:
saquear
- The pirate crew ravened the coastal villages, leaving destruction in their wake as they seized all valuables.
Examples
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Described as ravening lions to the soul and body of the world.
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Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Blog text (18) -
For inwardly... they are ravening wolves.
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They are ravening lions to the soul and body of the world.
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These ravening lions, why didn't you stop the ravening lions?
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These ravening lions, why didn't you stop the ravening lions?
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He's not afraid to face a ravening, rasping horde of sub-humans because that's how he sees poor people already.
Blog text (29) -
We wed not with the rapacious Norman; the noble hound scorns to seek a mate from the herd of ravening wolves.
Academic text (2016) -
Once she'd wielded fire and war, with the help of a Ruby's magic, she became a creature with no other name than Hunter-Defender, and no other purpose but to defeat in deadly combat a ravening Sorcerer.
Fiction book (1992) -
" Yeah, his father, his mother, and three sisters fell beneath the cudgels and scythes of the ravening beasts he had unleashed, even as he looked on. " " I don't believe you! " Sephrenia burst out.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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3.7
To hunt and eat other animals for food
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7.2
To hunt and eat another animal
To take and hold something quickly
Going around looking for things to steal or people to attack
To look for animals to hunt and eat
Compounds
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Etymology
Raven (archaic verb) grew from the bird's habit of taking and tearing things, so people used it to mean 'to seize' or 'to plunder' like a raven grabbing food. That's why old writers use raven to describe armies or raiders who took goods by force.