Antonyms for ravaged

Grammar : Verb

Spell : rav-ij

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræv ɪdʒ

Definition of ravaged

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 :

Not in a day nor a generation were the ravaged sheepfolds to be forgotten.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

She set a hand on his shoulder, and looked down into his ravaged, haggard countenance.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

He ravaged the seas within cannon-shot of English headlands.
Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.

A dreadful pestilence, which ravaged Gwynedd or North Wales in 560.
Extract from : « The Sleeping Bard » by Ellis Wynne

Probably the year in question was 1645, when the district was ravaged with the pestilence.
Extract from : « Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance » by Various

In 1736, the Russians took Azof and ravaged the western Crimea.
Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.

He was ravaged by their mystery, their majesty and revelation.
Extract from : « The Prophet of Berkeley Square » by Robert Hichens

It was sunk and hollow, ravaged with pain, an evil-looking face.
Extract from : « The Lowest Rung » by Mary Cholmondeley

This, however, was shortly after a great Plague had ravaged the City.
Extract from : « The History of London » by Walter Besant

In 1765 the country was invaded and ravaged by the ruler of Kabul.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 » by Various

Synonyms for ravaged

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