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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ravage \Rav"age\ (r[a^]v"[asl]j; 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Would one think 't were possible for love
           To make such ravage in a noble soul?     --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder;
          spoil; waste; ruin.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Already C[ae]sar
           Has ravaged more than half the globe.    --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away.
                                                    --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil; devastate;
          desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  ravage
       n : (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of
           time"; "the depradations of age and disease" [syn: depredation]
       v 1: make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in
            wartimes [syn: harry]
       2: devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside
          after the invasion" [syn: lay waste to, waste, devastate,
           desolate, scourge]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ravage
     Γαλλικά n.
     1 η καταστροφή
     2 η λεηλασία
     3 o χαλασμός
     4 o όλεθρος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ravage
     French n.
     1 (inflection of fr ravages  s)
     2 (lb fr archaic) the act of laying waste
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr ravager  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     n.
     1 grievous damage or havoc.
     2 depredation or devastation.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
     2 (lb en transitive) To pillage#Verb or plunder#Verb destructively;
  to (l en sack id=to plunder).
     3 (lb en intransitive) To wreak destruction.
     4 (lb en slang) To have vigorous sexual intercourse with.
     5 (lb en slang) To rape.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  ravage
     n.
     1 grievous damage or havoc.
     2 depredation or devastation.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
     2 (lb en transitive) To pillage#Verb or plunder#Verb destructively;
  to (l en sack id=to plunder).
     3 (lb en intransitive) To wreak destruction.
     4 (lb en slang) To have vigorous sexual intercourse with.
     5 (lb en slang) To rape.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  ravage
     French n.
     1 (inflection of fr ravages  s)
     2 (lb fr archaic) the act of laying waste
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr ravager  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     n.
     1 grievous damage or havoc.
     2 depredation or devastation.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
     2 (lb en transitive) To pillage#Verb or plunder#Verb destructively;
  to (l en sack id=to plunder).
     3 (lb en intransitive) To wreak destruction.
     4 (lb en slang) To have vigorous sexual intercourse with.
     5 (lb en slang) To rape.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  ravage
     French n.
     1 (inflection of fr ravages  s)
     2 (lb fr archaic) the act of laying waste
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr ravager  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     n.
     1 grievous damage or havoc.
     2 depredation or devastation.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
     2 (lb en transitive) To pillage#Verb or plunder#Verb destructively;
  to (l en sack id=to plunder).
     3 (lb en intransitive) To wreak destruction.
     4 (lb en slang) To have vigorous sexual intercourse with.
     5 (lb en slang) To rape.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ravage
     Ranska n.
     1 tuho
     2 hävitys

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ravage
     Engelska n.
     härjning
     Engelska vb.
     1 härja
     2 (tagg transitivt språk=en) förstöra, fördärva
     3 (tagg slang språk=en) ha kraftfullt sex med
     4 (tagg slang språk=en) våldta

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  ravage /ɹˈavɪdʒ/
  afstroop

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Ravage /ɹˈavɪdʒ/
  التخريب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  ravage //ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ// 
  1. опустошение
  depredation or devastation
  2. разруха
  grievous damage or havoc

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  ravage //ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ// 
  1. разрушавам
  to devastate, destroy or lay waste to something
  2. опустошавам
  to pillage or plunder destructively

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ravage /ɹˈavɪdʒ/
  pustošit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ravage /ɹˈavɪdʒ/
  Verwüstung , Zerstörung , Verheerung  [veraltet]  [hist.]
           Note: einer Stadt usw.
     Synonym: sack
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ravage /ɹˈavɪdʒ/ 
  eine Stadt/ein Land usw. verwüsten, eine Stadt in Schutt und Asche legen  [hist.]
        "war-ravaged"  - vom Krieg verwüstet
     Synonyms: devastate, sack, leave in ruins a town/country, lay waste to a town/country etc.
  
   see: devastating, ravaging, sacking, leaving in ruins a town/country, laying waste to a town/country etc., devastated, ravaged, sacked, left in ruins a town/country, laid waste to a town/country etc., The town had been laid waste.
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  ravage /ɹˈavɪdʒ/
  
  καταστρέφω, ρημάζω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  ravage //ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ// 
  hävitys, tuho 2.
  grievous damage or havoc
   3.
  depredation or devastation

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  ravage //ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ// 
  1. hävittää, tuhota
  to devastate, destroy or lay waste to something
  2. hävittää
  to wreak destruction

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  ravage /ɹˈavɪdʒ/ 
  1. उजाड़ना
        "The terrorists had ravaged the countryside."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  ravage /ɹˈavɪdʒ/
  harati, opustošiti, pustošenje, razarati, razoriti, rušenje, rušiti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  ravage /ɹˈavɪdʒ/
  1. pusztítás
  2. rombolás
  3. dúlás

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  ravage /rævidʒ/
  afstropen, uitschudden

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  ravage /ˈrævɪʤ/
  I.    druzgotać, niweczyć
  II.   ravages /ɹˈavɪdʒɪz/  spustoszenia

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  ravage //ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ// 
  härja, ödelägga
  to devastate, destroy or lay waste to something

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  ravage /ɹˈavɪdʒ/
  1. tahrip etmek, harap etmek
  2. harap etme
  3. harabiyet.

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  ravage /ʁavˈaʒ/
  reuz (reuzioù /ʁøzjˈu/), gwasterezh (gwasterezhioù /ɡwastʁɛzjˈu/), gwastidigezh (gwastidigezhioù /ɡwastidiʒɛzjˈu/)

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  ravage /ʁa.vaʒ/ 
  Zerstörung, Vernichtung

From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.4.1 :   [ freedict:fra-eng ]

  ravage /ʀavaʒ/ 
  destruction

From French-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:fra-nld ]

  ravage /ravaʒ/
  1. vernieling, vernietiging, verwoesten, verwoesting

From français-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-pol ]

  ravage /ʁa.vaʒ/ 
  zniszczenie

From français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-por ]

  ravage /ʁa.vaʒ/ 
  destruição

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  ravage /ʁa.vaʒ/ 
  estrago

From Dutch-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:nld-deu ]

  ravage /ravaʒə/
  Ruine , Trümmer

From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-eng ]

  ravage /ravaʒə/
  ruin

From Nederlands-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-fra ]

  ravage /ravaʒə/
  ruine

From Nederlands-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-spa ]

  ravage /raːvˈaːʒə/ 
  ruina
  1. schade, verwoesting

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɹævɪdʒ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  192 Moby Thesaurus words for "ravage":
     abuse, adulterate, alloy, banditry, beset, betray, betrayal,
     bloodbath, blue ruin, breakup, brigandage, brigandism,
     bring to ruin, canker, carnage, cheapen, coarsen, condemn,
     confound, consume, consumption, contaminate, corrupt, crawl with,
     creep with, criminal assault, crush, damage, damn, damnation,
     deal destruction, debase, debauch, debauchment, deceive, decimate,
     decimation, defile, defilement, defloration, deflower, deflowering,
     degenerate, degrade, demolish, demolition, denature, deprave,
     depredate, depredation, desecrate, desolate, desolation, despoil,
     despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, destroy, destruction,
     devalue, devastate, devastation, devour, direption, disintegration,
     disorganization, disruption, dissolution, dissolve, distort,
     encroach, engorge, fleece, forage, foraging, foray, force,
     freeboot, freebooting, gobble, gobble up, gut, gut with fire,
     harry, havoc, hecatomb, holocaust, incinerate, infect, infest,
     infestation, invade, invasion, lay in ruins, lay waste,
     lead astray, loot, looting, lousiness, maraud, marauding, mislead,
     misuse, overpower, overrun, overrunning, overspread, overspreading,
     overswarm, overswarming, overthrow, overwhelm, perdition, pervert,
     pillage, pillaging, plague, plunder, plundering, poison, pollute,
     prey on, priapism, prostitute, raid, raiding, ransack, ransacking,
     rape, rapine, ravagement, ravages, ravaging, raven, ravish,
     ravishment, raze, razzia, reive, reiving, rifle, rifling, rob,
     ruin, ruinate, ruination, sack, sacking, scourge, seduce,
     seducement, seduction, sexual assault, shambles, shipwreck,
     slaughter, soil, spoil, spoiling, spoliate, spoliation, strip,
     sully, swallow up, swarm, swarm with, swarming, sweep, taint,
     teeming, throw into disorder, trespass, twist, ulcerate, undoing,
     unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, upheave, vandalism,
     vandalize, vaporize, violate, violation, vitiate, vulgarize, warp,
     waste, wrack, wrack and ruin, wreak havoc, wreck, wrecking
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 破坏,蹂躏;
  v. 毁坏,破坏,掠夺;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 破坏,蹂躏
     vt.
     vi. 毁坏,破坏,掠夺

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