ravage

English

Etymology

From French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”), from ravir (“to bear away suddenly”), from Latin rapere (“to snatch, seize”), akin to Ancient Greek  (arpazein, “to seize”)

Verb

ravage (third-person singular simple present ravages, present participle ravaging, simple past and past participle ravaged)

1. (transitive) To devastate or destroy something
2. (transitive) To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something
3. (intransitive) To wreak destruction

Related terms

• rapid

Translations

To devastate or destroy something

Finnish: tuhota (fi), hävittää (fi) French: ravager (fr)

Turkish: yıkmak (tr), tahrip etmek (tr)

To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something

Romanian: prăda (ro)

Turkish: yağmalamak (tr), yakıp yıkmak (tr)

To wreak destruction

Finnish: hävittää (fi)

Noun

ravage (plural ravages)

1. Grievous damage or havoc
2. Depredation or devastation

Translations

Grievous damage or havoc

Finnish: tuho, hävitys Romanian: ravagiu (ro) n.

Spanish: estrago (es) m. Turkish: hasar (tr), yıkım (tr), tahribat (tr), tahrip (tr)

Depredation or devastation

Finnish: tuho, hävitys Italian: devastazione (it)

Romanian: ravagiu (ro) n., devastare (ro) f. Turkish: hasar (tr), tahribat (tr), tahrip (tr), yıkım (tr)

External links

• ravage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ravage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Dutch

Etymology

From French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”)

Noun

ravage ? (plural ravages, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. havoc, damage

Anagrams

• gevaar

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

ravage m. (plural ravages)

1. Singular form of ravages.
2. (archaic) The act of laying waste.

Verb

ravage

1. First- and third-person singular indicative present of ravager
2. First- and third-person singular subjunctive present of ravager
3. Ordinary second-person singular imperative present of ravager

Anagrams

• gavera