Category:Ravage

Rav"age (48), n. Etym: [f., fr. (assumed) l. rapagium, rapaticum, Fr. rapere to carry off by force, to ravish. See rapacious, ravish.]

Defn: desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; Devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of Fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time. Would one think 't were possible for love to make such ravage in a Noble soul addison.

Syn. -- despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder; spoil; Waste; ruin.

Ravage Rav"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging.] Etym: [f. ravager. See ravage, n.]

Defn: to lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc Or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. Already cæsar has ravaged more than half the globe. Addison. His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. Macaulay.

Syn. -- to despoil; pillage; plunger; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; Destroy; waste; ruin.