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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aaegrvStarts with REnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • Already Cæſar Has ravaged more than half the Globe, and ſees Mankind grown thin by his deſtructive Sword: Should he go further, Numbers would be wanting To form new Battels, and ſupport his Crimes.
  • Would one think 'twere possible for love / To make such ravage in a noble soul!
  • the ravages of fire or tempest

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