what does ravage mean?
RAVAGE as NOUN
- Meaning
- (usually plural) a destructive action
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- the ravages of time
- the depradations of age and disease
Hypernyms(s) ravage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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RAVAGE as VERB
- Meaning
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- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Hypernyms(s) ravage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
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Hypernyms(s) ravage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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