RAVAGE
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Rav"age (răv"&auptack_;j; 48), n. [F., fr. (assumed) L. rapagium, rapaticum, fr. rapere to carry off by force, to ravish. See Rapacious, Ravish.] Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time.
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Would one think 't were possible for love
To make such ravage in a noble soul?
Addison.
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Syn. -- Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder; spoil; waste; ruin.
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Rav"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged (răv"&auptack_;jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging (răv"&auptack_;*jĭng).] [F. ravager. See Ravage, n.] To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
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Already Cæsar
Has ravaged more than half the globe.
Addison.
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His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away.
Macaulay.
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Syn. -- To despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.
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