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ravaging |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ravage \Rav"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravaged}; p. pr & vb n. {Ravaging}.] [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. Already C[ae]sar Has ravaged more than half the globe. --Addison. His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away --Macaulay. Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunger; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ravaging adj : ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness" n : plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn: {devastation}]
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