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Antonyms for ravaging

Grammar : Verb
Spell : rav-ij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræv ɪdʒ

Definition of ravaging

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 :
  • The years 1239 and 1240 were spent in ravaging southern Russia.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.
  • It surprised her to hear that it was ravaging an island like Inishrua.
  • Extract from : « Lady Bountiful » by George A. Birmingham
  • Bands of marauders were ravaging the gardens of the countryside.
  • Extract from : « Putois » by Anatole France
  • The city will be taken, the looting and ravaging already begun.
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation » by S. D. Gordon
  • An epidemic was ravaging the town, and he was urged to go away.
  • Extract from : « A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times » by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
  • The war which was ravaging Vervignole also ruined the Church in Trinqueballe.
  • Extract from : « The Miracle Of The Great St. Nicolas » by Anatole France
  • One thing was the ravaging of his plantation by the British.
  • Extract from : « The Story of John Paul Jones » by Chelsea Curtis Fraser
  • Revolutionary propaganda was said to have been ravaging the Italian soldier's mind.
  • Extract from : « The Challenge of the Dead » by Stephen Graham
  • In ravaging the fields of the former, two of the Frenchmen were slain.
  • Extract from : « The Lily and the Totem » by William Gilmore Simms
  • Floods, with their ravaging effects, would then become impossible.
  • Extract from : « Woman and Socialism » by August Bebel

Synonyms for ravaging

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