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[ noun ] (usually plural) a destructive action
Synonyms Examples "the ravages of time" "the depradations of age and disease" Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)It was the low yield of the Selkirk plots and the ravages of grasshoppers in 1818 that led to the dispersal of the settlement southward . Related terms |
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[ verb ] devastate or ravage
Synonyms Examples "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" Related terms destroy ruin destruction devastation bane ravaging bleakness devastation destroyer |
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