ravage

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[edit] 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)

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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

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ravage (plural ravages)

  1. Grievous damage or havoc
  2. Depredation or devastation

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From French ravage (ravage, havoc, spoil)

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

  1. havoc, damage

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ravage m. (plural ravages)

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

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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

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