ravage
IPA: rˈævɪdʒ
noun
- Grievous damage or havoc.
- Depredation or devastation.
verb
- (transitive) To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
- (transitive) To pillage or plunder destructively; to sack.
- (intransitive) To wreak destruction.
- (slang) To have vigorous sexual intercourse with.
- (slang) To rape.
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Examples of "ravage" in Sentences
- He then ravaged the land.
- Floods ravage Scotland after heavy rain.
- Honey seeking bears ravage Varysburg beehives.
- European winegrape crop ravaged by bad weather.
- Medical pot growers ravage California forest habitat.
- Hurricanes ravage the US east coast but not the west coast.
- Sandy could ravage Northeast as 'Frankenstorm,' forecasters warn.
- The Yamasee War of 1715 1717 ravaged the backcountry of the colony.
- It is a medically accepted means of alleviating the ravages of stress.
- The Marathas ravaged the country and brought untold miseries to the people.