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What (who) is Ravage - definition
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Ravage (disambiguation)
ravage
(ravages, ravaging, ravaged)
A town, country, or economy that has been ravaged is one that has been damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed.
For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention.
...Nicaragua's ravaged economy.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed
Ravage
·noun 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.
ravage
¦ verb cause extensive damage to; devastate.
¦ noun (ravages) the destructive effects of something.
Derivatives
ravager noun
Origin
C17: from Fr. ravager, from earlier ravage, alt. of ravine 'rush of water'.
Wikipedia
Ravage
Ravage may refer to:
- Ravage 2099, a fictional superhero, set in the far future, from Marvel Comics
- Ravage (Marvel Comics), a fictional villain in Marvel Comics and one of the Hulk's enemies
- Ravager (comics), name of five fictional comic book characters in the DC Universe
- The Ravagers (comics), a group of superpowered teens in DC Comics
- Ravage (novel), a 1943 novel by René Barjavel
Examples of use of Ravage
1. "Climate change will ravage beautiful areas like the Lake District.
2. Meanwhile, violence continued to ravage parts of the country.
3. They flock in hundreds of thousands and ravage many staple crops.
4. Bird flu was just starting to ravage chickens and ducks across the region.
5. With winter, cholera receded in the UK, but it continued to ravage warmer climes.