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Definitions for Ravage

[1] to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
[2] to work havoc; do ruinous damage.
[3] havoc; ruinous damage: the ravages of war.
[4] devastating or destructive action.
[5] to cause extensive damage to
[6] (often plural) destructive action the ravages of time

Words related to Ravage

demolish, devastate, consume, wreck, overwhelm, raze, ruin, shatter, damage, impair, plunder, pillage, gut, disrupt, overrun, desolate, forage, exterminate, wrest, rob

Words nearby Ravage

raurkela, rauschenberg, rauschenbusch, rauwolfia, rav, ravage, ravana, ravc, rave, rave hook, rave-up

Origin of Ravage

1605–15; < French, Middle French, equivalent to rav(ir ) to ravish + -age -age

Words that may be confused with Ravage

ravage, ravish, ravenous, ravaging, ravishing, (see, synonym, study, at, ravenous)

Other words from Ravage

rav·age·ment , noun
rav·ag·er , noun
un·rav·aged , adjective

Word origin for Ravage

C17: from French, from Old French ravir to snatch away, ravish

Synonyms for Ravage

consume, damage, demolish, devastate, disrupt, gut, impair, overrun, overwhelm, pillage, plunder, raze, ruin, shatter, sweep away, wreck, annihilate, capture, cream, crush, desecrate, desolate, despoil, dismantle, disorganize, exterminate, extinguish, forage, foray, harry, loot, overthrow, pirate, prey, prostrate, raid, rape, rob, sack, seize, sink, smash, spoil, strip, total, trample, trash, waste, wrest, break up, lay waste, leave in ruins, pull down, spoliate, stamp out, wreak havoc