ravage

n. pl. அழிவிளைவுகள், சூறையாட்டின் அழிவுத் தடங்கள்.

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Synonyms

#noun devastation, desolation, waste, pillage, plunder, sack, ruin,spoil #verb spoil, devastate, despoil, destroy, desolate, ransack, waste,ruin, overrun, plunder

Antonyms

#noun sparing, conserving, preserving #verb spare, conserve, preserve, indemnify

Rav"age (; 48), n. Etym: [F., fr. (assumed) L. rapagium, rapaticum, fr. rapere to carry off by force, to ravish. See Rapacious, Ravish.] Defn: Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time. Would one think 't were possible for love To make such ravage in a noble soul Addison. Syn. -- Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder; spoil; waste; ruin. Rav"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging.] Etym: [F. ravager. See Ravage, n.] Defn: To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. Already Cæsar Has ravaged more than half the globe. Addison. His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. Macaulay. Syn. -- To despoil; pillage; plunger; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.

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