Definitions

ravage

[rav-ij] / ˈræv ɪdʒ /

VERB

destroy, ransack

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consume damage demolish devastate disrupt gut impair overrun overwhelm pillage plunder raze ruin shatter sweep away wreck

STRONG

annihilate capture cream crush desecrate desolate despoil dismantle disorganize exterminate extinguish forage foray harry loot overthrow pirate prey prostrate raid rape rob sack seize sink smash spoil strip total trample trash waste wrest

WEAK

break up lay waste leave in ruins pull down spoliate stamp out wreak havoc

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist build construct create fix help improve mend repair

STRONG

bear free give grow guard let go liberate lose offer praise preserve protect release save surrender yield

Example Sentences

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The group has engaged Jessie Ravage, a certified restoration specialist, and Fred Grover, an architectural engineer to plan the futures of the buildings that remain.

From Forbes • Jul. 18, 2014

Where will the Ravage stop? the Ruin where?

From Ponteach The Savages of America by Moses, Montrose Jonas

Subject: Par, why don't you … From: Ravage Date: Thu Feb 01 10:56:04 1990 Why not just go out and say `hi' to the nice gentleman?

From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette

A Fire also had a part in its Destruction, and committed such Ravage that Magdebourg, which was one of the finest Cities in Germany, was intirely reduc'd to Ashes.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Oh! wouldst thou love, then bid adieu to peace, Then fears will come, and jealousies intrude, Ravage your bosom, and disturb your quiet, E'en pleasure to excess will be a pain.

From The Prince of Parthia A Tragedy by Moses, Montrose Jonas

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