Ravage
verb
To severely damage or ruin something.
The hurricane ravaged the town, leaving nothing untouched.
Often appears as...
- ravage the land
- ravage the city
noun
Destructive damage or severe destruction.
The war left a ravage that took years to rebuild.
Often appears as...
- trail of ravage
- cause ravage
verb
To severely damage or ruin something.
The hurricane ravaged the town, leaving nothing untouched.
Often appears as...
- ravage the land
- ravage the city
noun
Destructive damage or severe destruction.
The war left a ravage that took years to rebuild.
Often appears as...
- trail of ravage
- cause ravage
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Pro Tip 1/3Disaster Linkage
Often associated with natural disasters or events causing widespread damage.
The earthquake ravaged the coastal region, leaving many homeless.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Scale
'Ravage' implies more extensive destruction than 'damage', but less than 'obliterate'.
Locust swarms ravaged the crops, but the fields were not completely obliterated.
Pro Tip 3/3Impersonal Forces
Typically applied to impersonal or uncontrollable forces rather than individuals.
Disease ravaged his body, making recovery seem distant.
Pro Tip 1/3Disaster Linkage
Often associated with natural disasters or events causing widespread damage.
The earthquake ravaged the coastal region, leaving many homeless.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Scale
'Ravage' implies more extensive destruction than 'damage', but less than 'obliterate'.
Locust swarms ravaged the crops, but the fields were not completely obliterated.
Pro Tip 3/3Impersonal Forces
Typically applied to impersonal or uncontrollable forces rather than individuals.
Disease ravaged his body, making recovery seem distant.
Pro Tip 1/3Disaster Linkage
Often associated with natural disasters or events causing widespread damage.
The earthquake ravaged the coastal region, leaving many homeless.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Scale
'Ravage' implies more extensive destruction than 'damage', but less than 'obliterate'.
Locust swarms ravaged the crops, but the fields were not completely obliterated.
Pro Tip 3/3Impersonal Forces
Typically applied to impersonal or uncontrollable forces rather than individuals.
Disease ravaged his body, making recovery seem distant.
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Chris Burkard: The joy...
where we ended up watching helplessly from the water as bears ravaged our camp site. They walked off with our food and bits of our tent, clearly letting us know that we were at the bottom of the food chain and that this was their spot, not ours. But to me, that trip
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Color blind or color...
When it was ravaging Europe, they brought together all these scientists, and they were stumped. And the beginnings of the cure to the disease came from the most unlikely source, a dairy farmer who noticed that the milkmaids were not getting smallpox.
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Why bats don't get sick...
granting them lifespans as long as 41 years. Of course, bats aren’t totally invincible to disease, whether caused by bacteria, unfamiliar viruses, or even fungi. Bat populations have been ravaged by a fungal infection called white-nose syndrome,
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The gift and power of...
during his illness. And my mother, alone, was grieving the love of her life trying to raise three children, and the creditors were knocking. We felt, as a family, financially and emotionally ravaged. And I began to spiral down, isolated, fast.
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Bran Ferren: To create...
and the ravages of time to become what I believe is the longest continuously occupied building in history. Largely because of that visit, I came to understand that, contrary to what I was being told in school, the worlds of art and design
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Our treatment of HIV has...
and I'm forever grateful for that first exchange. So obviously for a few weeks, I was a physical mess. Emotionally, mentally, I was doing OK. I was taking it well. But my body was ravaged, and those close to me, they weren't oblivious.
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Mountain Gorillas'...
mountain gorillas remained in Rwanda their population ravaged by poachers and the habitat threatened by encroaches Diane initiated extreme conservation measures engaging local people in the first protection patrols she started to
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How fire shapes...
nations looked over looked across the spectrum of really wrecked landscapes and and adopted a program of state-sponsored conservation to protect their remaining estates in too many cases colonial holdings from the ravages
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Misha Glenny: Hire the...
with a message from a mystery sponsor. Dear Fox News, it has come to our unfortunate attention that both the name and nature of Anonymous has been ravaged.
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The Northern Lights...
sense that's the reason that you exist it's Earth's magnetic field that protects our atmosphere from the ravages of the solar wind and that protective
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Chris Burkard: The joy...
where we ended up watching helplessly from the water as bears ravaged our camp site. They walked off with our food and bits of our tent, clearly letting us know that we were at the bottom of the food chain and that this was their spot, not ours. But to me, that trip
Video examples
Color blind or color...
When it was ravaging Europe, they brought together all these scientists, and they were stumped. And the beginnings of the cure to the disease came from the most unlikely source, a dairy farmer who noticed that the milkmaids were not getting smallpox.
Video examples
Why bats don't get sick...
granting them lifespans as long as 41 years. Of course, bats aren’t totally invincible to disease, whether caused by bacteria, unfamiliar viruses, or even fungi. Bat populations have been ravaged by a fungal infection called white-nose syndrome,
Video examples
The gift and power of...
during his illness. And my mother, alone, was grieving the love of her life trying to raise three children, and the creditors were knocking. We felt, as a family, financially and emotionally ravaged. And I began to spiral down, isolated, fast.
Video examples
Bran Ferren: To create...
and the ravages of time to become what I believe is the longest continuously occupied building in history. Largely because of that visit, I came to understand that, contrary to what I was being told in school, the worlds of art and design
Video examples
Our treatment of HIV has...
and I'm forever grateful for that first exchange. So obviously for a few weeks, I was a physical mess. Emotionally, mentally, I was doing OK. I was taking it well. But my body was ravaged, and those close to me, they weren't oblivious.
Video examples
Mountain Gorillas'...
mountain gorillas remained in Rwanda their population ravaged by poachers and the habitat threatened by encroaches Diane initiated extreme conservation measures engaging local people in the first protection patrols she started to
Video examples
How fire shapes...
nations looked over looked across the spectrum of really wrecked landscapes and and adopted a program of state-sponsored conservation to protect their remaining estates in too many cases colonial holdings from the ravages
Video examples
Misha Glenny: Hire the...
with a message from a mystery sponsor. Dear Fox News, it has come to our unfortunate attention that both the name and nature of Anonymous has been ravaged.
Video examples
The Northern Lights...
sense that's the reason that you exist it's Earth's magnetic field that protects our atmosphere from the ravages of the solar wind and that protective
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Bernice King
American
With continued prayer and an equally-determined commitment to action for needed anti-violence reforms, let us resolve to work toward a new era in which every American child and every adult are protected from the ravages of brutality, safe and secure in our homes and schools and communities.
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Angela Davis
American Activist
The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time.
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Georges Duhamel
French Novelist
We can know nothing till after this grave debate. The soul must withdraw, for this is not its hour. Now the knife must divide the flesh, and lay the ravage bare, and do its work completely.
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Foster Friess
American Businessman
The United Nations Children's Fund reports that more than 18 million children worldwide have lost both parents to the ravages of AIDS, starvation, war or natural disasters.
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Nadia Murad
Iraqi Activist
We must remain committed to rebuilding communities ravaged by genocide. Survivors deserve a safe and secure pathway home or safe passage elsewhere.
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Richard Lamm
American Politician
History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time.
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Michelle Bachelet
Chilean Politician
Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred.
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Noah Centineo
American Actor
First love is ravaging - it just guts you in the most wonderful way, if you can see through it.
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Junot Diaz
American Writer
I grew up in the shadow of the Trujillato, saw how the regime had ravaged so many families.
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Michael Spence
American Economist
With external help, even the countries ravaged by World War II recovered.
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Bernice King
American
With continued prayer and an equally-determined commitment to action for needed anti-violence reforms, let us resolve to work toward a new era in which every American child and every adult are protected from the ravages of brutality, safe and secure in our homes and schools and communities.
Quote examples
Angela Davis
American Activist
The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time.
Quote examples
Georges Duhamel
French Novelist
We can know nothing till after this grave debate. The soul must withdraw, for this is not its hour. Now the knife must divide the flesh, and lay the ravage bare, and do its work completely.
Quote examples
Foster Friess
American Businessman
The United Nations Children's Fund reports that more than 18 million children worldwide have lost both parents to the ravages of AIDS, starvation, war or natural disasters.
Quote examples
Nadia Murad
Iraqi Activist
We must remain committed to rebuilding communities ravaged by genocide. Survivors deserve a safe and secure pathway home or safe passage elsewhere.
Quote examples
Richard Lamm
American Politician
History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time.
Quote examples
Michelle Bachelet
Chilean Politician
Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred.
Quote examples
Noah Centineo
American Actor
First love is ravaging - it just guts you in the most wonderful way, if you can see through it.
Quote examples
Junot Diaz
American Writer
I grew up in the shadow of the Trujillato, saw how the regime had ravaged so many families.
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Michael Spence
American Economist
With external help, even the countries ravaged by World War II recovered.
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