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Definition of Ravages

Ravage
Ravage Rav"age (?; 48), n. [F., fr. (assumed) L. rapagium, rapaticum, fr. rapere to carry off by force, to ravish. See Rapacious, Ravish.] 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.
Ravage
Ravage Rav"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging.] [F. ravager. See Ravage, n.] To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. Already C[ae]sar Has ravaged more than half the globe. --Addison. His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. --Macaulay. Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunger; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.

Meaning of Ravages from wikipedia

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