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ravaging
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Ravaging
(gcide) | Ravage \Rav"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged
(r[a^]v"[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging
(r[a^]v"[asl]*j[i^]ng).] [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.
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Already Caesar
Has ravaged more than half the globe. --Addison.
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His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away.
--Macaulay.
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Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil; devastate;
desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.
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ravaging
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adj 1: ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness"
n 1: plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn:
ravaging, devastation] |
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ravaging
(encz) | ravaging, |
ravaging
(wn) | ravaging
adj 1: ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness"
n 1: plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn:
ravaging, devastation] |
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