| ravage | (n) (usually plural) a destructive action, Syn. depredation, Example: the ravages of time; the depredations of age and disease |
| Ravage | 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; Would one think 't were possible for love |
| Ravage | v. t. Already Caesar His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ravager | n. One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler. [ 1913 Webster ] |