"ravage" in the noun sense

1. ravage, depredation

usually plural) a destructive action

"the ravages of time"

"the depredations of age and disease"

"ravage" in the verb sense

1. harry, ravage

make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

2. lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

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