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ravage
noun
verb
(usually plural) a destructive action
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- R
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- AVAG
- Scrabble score
- 10
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ˈɹævɪdʒ
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Meaning
Definitions
noun
(usually plural) a destructive action
“the ravages of time”
verb
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
“The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion”
verb
make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
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Example Sentences
the ravages of time
the depredations of age and disease
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
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