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Meaning of ravage

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ravage
      n 1: (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of
           time"; "the depredations of age and disease" [syn:
           {ravage}, {depredation}]
      v 1: make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in
           wartimes [syn: {harry}, {ravage}]
      2: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay
         waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: {lay waste
         to}, {waste}, {devastate}, {desolate}, {ravage}, {scourge}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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