v., -aged, -ag·ing, -ages.

v.tr.

1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town.
2. To pillage; sack: Enemy soldiers ravaged the village.

v.intr.

To wreak destruction.

n.

1. The act or practice of pillaging, destroying, or devastating.
2. Grievous damage; havoc: the ravages of disease.

[French ravager, from Old French, to uproot, from ravir, to ravish. See ravish.]

ravager rav'ag·er n.

verb

1. To destroy completely as or as if by conquering: desolate, devastate, waste. Idioms: lay waste. See help/harm/harmless.
2. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war: depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, sack², spoliate, strip¹. Archaic harrow, spoil. See crimes, give/take/reciprocity.

v

Definition: destroy, ransack
Antonyms: aid, assist, help, protect

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IN BRIEF: To destroy or ruin.

The river of lava will eventually ravage the town below the volcano.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - hærge, ødelægge, beskadige
v. intr. - hærges, ødelægges, beskadiges
n. - plyndring, ødelæggelse, skadevirkning, hærgen

Nederlands (Dutch)
teisteren, plunderen, ravage, verwoesting

Français (French)
v. tr. - ravager, dévaster, ravager (qn)
v. intr. - ravager, dévaster
n. - ravages

Deutsch (German)
v. - heimsuchen, verwüsten
n. - verheerende Wirkung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ερημώνω, ρημάζω, αφανίζω, λεηλατώ, καταστρέφω
n. - καταστροφή, ρήμαγμα, λεηλασία, ερήμωση, (πληθ.) φθορά του χρόνου

Italiano (Italian)
devastare, depredare, saccheggiare, devastazione, danni

Português (Portuguese)
v. - devastar
n. - devastação (f), estragos (pl)

Русский (Russian)
грабить, опустошать, грабеж, опустошение, разрушительные последствия

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - destrozar, causar estragos, asolar
v. intr. - destrozar
n. - destrozo, asolamiento, estragos

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ödelägga, plundra
n. - ödeläggelse, plundring

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
使荒芜, 蹂躏, 毁灭, 毁坏, 劫掠, 大破坏, 荒芜

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使荒蕪, 蹂躪, 毀滅, 毀壞, 劫掠
v. intr. - 毀滅, 劫掠, 蹂躪
n. - 大破壞, 毀滅, 劫掠, 蹂躪, 荒蕪

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 유린하다, 약탈하다
v. intr. - 파괴하다, 해치다
n. - 파괴 , 황폐

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 破壊, 略奪, 荒廃
v. - 荒らす, 破壊する, 略奪する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينهب, يخرب, يتلف (الاسم) نهب, تخريب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שדד, בזז, השמיד, הרס‬
v. intr. - ‮שדד, בזז, השמיד, הרס‬
n. - ‮חורבן‬

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