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rav·age
 ravage
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- pronunciation:
- rae
vihj
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
ravages, ravaging, ravaged |
| definition: |
to damage or destroy, as by violent action.
The invaders ravaged the village.The forest fire ravaged the hillside.- synonyms:
- destroy, devastate, lay waste, ruin, waste, wreck
- similar words:
- blight, consume, damage, demolish, desolate, harry, prey, rape, tear
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| related words: |
abolish, blast, corrode, destroy, eat, exterminate, obliterate, overrun, rip into, ruin, sack, smash, waste |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to cause damage or destruction, as by violent action; ruin.
- similar words:
- destroy, lay waste
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
(usu. pl.) the result of destruction; ruin.
the ravages of the bombing
- synonyms:
- destruction, devastation, ruins
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| definition 2: |
action that is ruinous; destruction.
the ravages of cancer- similar words:
- depredation
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| related words: |
havoc |
| derivations: |
ravagement (n.), ravager (n.) |
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