| NOUN | event | ravage, depredation | (usually plural) a destructive action |
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| VERB | change | ravage, harry | make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place) , as in wartimes |
| change | ravage, lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, scourge | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |
| Sounds | rae'vihjh | |
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| Rhymes | abridge ... yardage: 133 rhymes with ihjh... | |
| Meaning | (usually plural) a destructive action. | |
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| Example | "the ravages of time" | |
| Synonym | depredation | |
| Broader | destruction, demolition, wipeout | An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Verbs | ravage | make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place) , as in wartimes |
| ravage | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | |
| Meaning | make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place) , as in wartimes. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | harry | |
| Broader | destroy, ruin | Destroy completely |
| Catalan | saquejar | |
| Nouns | ravage | (usually plural) a destructive action |
| Meaning | Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, scourge | |
| Narrower | ruin | Reduce to ruins |
| Broader | destroy, ruin | Destroy completely |
| Spanish | arrasar, asolar, desgastar, desolar, destrozar, destruir, devastar, gastar | |
| Catalan | arrasar, assolar, desgastar, destrossar, devastar, gastar | |
| Nouns | ravage | (usually plural) a destructive action |
| ravaging | plundering with excessive damage and destruction | |
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