Dictionary Definition
ravage n : (usually plural) a destructive action;
"the ravages of time"; "the depradations of age and disease" [syn:
depredation]
Verb
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
Translations
To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to
something
To wreak destruction
- Finnish: hävittää
Noun
- Grievous damage or havoc
- Depredation or devastation
Translations
Depredation or devastation
French
Pronunciation
Noun
fr-noun m- singular of ravages
- The act of laying waste.
Verb
ravage- Form of First- and third-person singular indicative present, ravager
- Form of First- and third-person singular subjunctive present, ravager
- Form of Ordinary second-person singular imperative present, ravager
Extensive Definition
Ravage may refer to:
- Ravage (Transformers) - a fictional character in the Transformers universes
- Ravage 2099, a fictional superhero, set in the far future, from Marvel Comics
- Ravage (band), a traditional heavy metal band from the Boston area
- Ravage (novel), a novel by René Barjavel
- RAVAGE (rapper) aka MeccaGodZilla, a member of underground supergroup M.I.C.
ravage in French: Ravage
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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