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- Dictionaryravage/ˈravɪdʒ/
verb
- 1. cause severe and extensive damage to: "the hurricane ravaged southern Florida"
noun
- 1. the destructive effects of something: "his face had withstood the ravages of time"
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to cause great damage to something or someone: Hurricane Mitch ravaged the tiny Central American country. ravages. plural noun us / ˈræv·ɪ·dʒɪz / They survived the ravages of disease and malnutrition. (Definition of ravage from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of RAVAGE is an act or practice of ravaging. How to use ravage in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Ravage.
Ravage definition: to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ruinous or destructive action. See examples of RAVAGE used in a sentence.
The word ravage can be used as a noun or a verb meaning destruction or to destroy. In a war, bombs and the attacking army will ravage the country under siege.
SYNONYMY NOTE: ravage implies violent destruction, usually in a series of depredations or over an extended period of time, as by an army or a plague; devastate stresses the total ruin and desolation resulting from a ravaging; plunder refers to the forcible taking of loot by an invading or conquering army; sack 2, pillage both specifically ...
Definition of ravage verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Britannica Dictionary definition of RAVAGE. [+ object] formal. : to damage or harm (something) very badly. The enemy ravaged [= plundered] the village. — often used as (be) ravaged. The village was ravaged [= devastated] by the plague. The forest was ravaged by fire. the ravaged people/city/land.
ravage. verb [ T ] uk / ˈrævɪdʒ / us. to damage or destroy something: [ often passive ] The whole area has been ravaged by war.
1. The act or practice of pillaging or destroying: the marauders' ravage of the village. 2. a. Destruction, damage, or harm: The storm resulted in the ravage of the countryside. b. ravages Destructive or harmful effects: the ravages of disease. [French ravager, from Old French, to uproot, from ravir, to ravish; see ravish .] rav′ag·er n.
ravage, devastate, lay waste all refer, in their literal application, to the wholesale destruction of a countryside by an invading army (or something comparable). lay waste has remained the closest to the original meaning of destruction of land: The invading army laid waste the towns along the coast.
