ravage

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
2. (transitive) To pillage or plunder destructively; to sack.
3. (intransitive) To wreak destruction.
4. (slang) To have vigorous sexual intercourse with.
5. (slang) To rape.

Noun

1. Grievous damage or havoc.
2. Depredation or devastation.

Synonyms

devastate

destroy

ruin

waste

plunder

pillage

sack

destruction

harry

despoil

lay waste

devastation

demolish

ransack

wreck

spoil

desolate

lay waste to

depopulate

havoc

kill

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desolation

scourge

depredation

loot

disaster

ravaging

destruct

squander

deflower

raze

rack

raid

mar

depredate

erase

disrupt

depopulation

devour

bollocks

knock out

ill-use

destroying

bollix

black out

greed

go

damage

fritter

foray

Translations

ravager

devastare

verwüsten

distruggere

dévaster

verheeren

αφανίζω

ερημώνω

καταστρέφω

verwoesten

zerstören

καταστροφή

ravage

ερήμωση

destrozar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

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”).