ravages

See also: ravagés

English

Noun

ravages

1. plural of ravage
2. (plural only) Harsh damage.

   The ravages of war decimated the country: death, destruction and pestilence resulted from the bombings.

Translations

harsh damages

• Dutch: verwoesting (nl) c
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• Spanish: estragos (es)

Verb

ravages

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ravage

Anagrams

• savager

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French

Noun

ravages m pl (plural only)

1. damages, destruction caused by man or nature
2. deteriorations caused by natural processes such as time or disease
3. (archaic) great damages caused by man through violence; pillage or sacking

Verb

ravages

1. second-person singular present indicative of ravager
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of ravager

Further reading

• “ravages”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• gaveras