ravage
Betekenis (English)
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- To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
- To pillage or plunder destructively; to sack.
- To wreak destruction.
- (slang) To have vigorous sexual intercourse with.
- (slang) To rape.
Synonyms
lay waste to
rase
trample down
tread down
harrass
make a mess of
make empty
scatter about
mess about with
make in confusion
over-run
do devastate
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ/
Etimologie (English)
From French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”), from ravir (“to bear away suddenly”), from Latin rapere (“to snatch, seize”), akin to Ancient Greek ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to seize”).
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