rav ‧ ish /ˈrævɪʃ/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] literary
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: French ; Origin: ravir , from Latin rapere ; ⇨ ↑ rape 1 ]
1 . to force a woman to have sex SYN rape
2 . to badly harm something:
a landscape ravished by drought
rav ‧ ish /ˈrævɪʃ/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] literary
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: French ; Origin: ravir , from Latin rapere ; ⇨ ↑ rape 1 ]
1 . to force a woman to have sex SYN rape
2 . to badly harm something:
a landscape ravished by drought
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012