RAVAGE


Meaning of RAVAGE in English

/ ˈrævɪdʒ; NAmE / verb

[ vn ] [ usually passive ] to damage sth badly

SYN devastate :

a country ravaged by civil war

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: from French ravager , from earlier ravage , alteration of ravine rush of water.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.