Ravaging
[rav-ij] /ˈræv ɪdʒ/
verb (used with object), ravaged, ravaging.
1.
to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages:
a face ravaged by grief.
verb (used without object), ravaged, ravaging.
2.
to work havoc; do ruinous damage.
noun
3.
havoc; ruinous damage:
the ravages of war.
4.
devastating or destructive action.
/ˈrævɪdʒ/
verb
1.
to cause extensive damage to
noun
2.
(often pl) destructive action: the ravages of time
v.
1610s, from French ravager “lay waste, devastate,” from Old French ravage “destruction,” especially by flood (14c.), from ravir “to take away hastily” (see ravish). Related: Ravaged; ravaging.
n.
1610s, from French ravage “destruction” (see ravage (v.)). Related: Ravages.
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