Antonyms for ravage

Grammar : Verb

Spell : rav-ij

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræv ɪdʒ

Definition of ravage

Origin : 1610s, from French ravager "lay waste, devastate," from Old French ravage "destruction," especially by flood (14c.), from ravir "to take away hastily" (see ravish). Related: Ravaged; ravaging.

verb destroy, ransack

Example sentences :

Perhaps this last abomination had been needed to ravage and cure him.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

They provoke no wars, they ravage no countries, they pursue no plunder.
Extract from : « Tacitus on Germany » by Tacitus

Disease began to ravage, with new violence, his exhausted frame.
Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott

Why are they suffered to ravage the whole country at their will?'
Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever

It is that you will spare one house in Italy from ravage and destruction.
Extract from : « The Lion's Brood » by Duffield Osborne

France was one of their chief fields of ravage and slaughter.
Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) » by Charles Morris

His was a whirlwind-visitation,—to ravage, ruin, and vanish.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 » by Various

Charles refused battle and allowed them to ravage the suburbs with impunity.
Extract from : « The Story of Paris » by Thomas Okey

They wish to obtain possession of our cities, and to ravage our provinces.
Extract from : « The Boy Crusaders » by John G. Edgar

A furious storm, he knew not what, seemed to ravage inside him.
Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence

Synonyms for ravage

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