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ravager

[rav-i-jer] / ˈræv ɪ dʒər /








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Such snarls have won Deeb, TV and radio critic for the Chicago Tribune, a reputation as the wolf-man of the air waves?the sourest, crudest ravager of the medium since Spiro Agnew put away his thesaurus.

From Time Magazine Archive

But that cruel ravager of ecclesiastical property, Bishop Cathedral.

From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale

The ravager is at the gate, and there is none on earth to help us!

From Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies by Washington Irving

The scathing of fire embrowned its sides, and the uprooted garden marked where the ravager had been.

From The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter

The chemist steps in; and the ravager is destroyed or rendered less noxious.

From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Charles Knight




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