Synonyms for ravage
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : rav-ij |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræv ɪdʒ |
Top 10 synonyms for ravage Other synonyms for the word ravage
- annihilate
- break up
- capture
- cream
- crush
- desecrate
- desolate
- despoil
- dismantle
- disorganize
- exterminate
- extinguish
- forage
- foray
- harry
- lay waste
- leave in ruins
- loot
- overthrow
- pirate
- plunder
- prey
- prostrate
- pull down
- raid
- rape
- raze
- rob
- ruin
- sack
- seize
- shatter
- sink
- smash
- spoil
- spoliate
- stamp out
- strip
- sweep away
- total
- trample
- trash
- waste
- wreak havoc
- wreck
- wrest
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for ravage
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