ravage
See also: ravagé
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”), from ravir (“to bear away suddenly”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin rapere (“to snatch, seize”), akin to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to seize”)
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Verb
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- (transitive) To devastate or destroy something.
- 1937, Josephus, Ralph Marcus, transl., chapter VIII, in Josephus: With an English Translation (Loeb Classical Library), volume VI (Jewish Antiquities), London: William Heinemann Ltd.; Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, published 1958, →OCLC, book IX, paragraph 1, page 87:
- (transitive) To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something.
- (intransitive) To wreak destruction.
Related terms
Translations
to devastate or destroy something
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to pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something
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to wreak destruction
Noun
ravage (plural ravages)
- Grievous damage or havoc.
- Addison
- Would one think 'twere possible for love / To make such ravage in a noble soul?
- Addison
- Depredation or devastation
- the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time
Translations
grievous damage or havoc
depredation or devastation
Further reading
- “ravage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ravage”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Dutch
Etymology
From French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”)
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ra‧va‧ge
Noun
ravage f (plural ravages)
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From ravine (“rush of water”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ravage m (plural ravages)
- singular of ravages
- (archaic) The act of laying waste.
Verb
ravage
- first-person singular present indicative of ravager
- third-person singular present indicative of ravager
- first-person singular present subjunctive of ravager
- third-person singular present subjunctive of ravager
- second-person singular imperative of ravager
Further reading
- “ravage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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