ravage

== English == === Etymology === From French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”), from ravir (“to bear away suddenly”), from Latin rapere (“to snatch, seize”), akin to Ancient Greek ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to seize”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ævɪd͡ʒ === Verb === ravage (third-person singular simple present ravages, present participle ravaging, simple past and past participle ravaged) (transitive) To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something. Synonyms: annihilate, obliterate, ravel; see also Thesaurus:destroy (transitive) To pillage or plunder destructively; to sack. Synonyms: despoil, rape, ransack, spoliate (intransitive) To wreak destruction. Synonym: rack (slang) To have vigorous sexual intercourse with. Synonyms: hit, plough, smash; see also Thesaurus:copulate with (slang) To rape. Synonyms: force, outrage, ravish; see also Thesaurus:rape ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== rapid ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ravage (plural ravages) Grievous damage or havoc. Depredation or devastation. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “ravage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “ravage”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌraːˈvaː.ʒə/ Hyphenation: ra‧va‧ge Rhymes: -aːʒə === Noun === ravage f (plural ravages, no diminutive) havoc, damage === Anagrams === gevaar == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁa.vaʒ/ === Etymology 1 === From ravir +‎ -age. ==== Noun ==== ravage m (plural ravages) the act of laying waste ===== Derived terms ===== ravager === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== ravage inflection of ravager: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “ravage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === gavera