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English to English noun
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(usually plural) a destructive action |  | Example: the ravages of time
the depredations of age and disease
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes | | source: wordnet30
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cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | | Example: The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
source: wordnet30
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To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. | | source: webster1913
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