ravaged (verb)

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• ravage — [[t]ræ̱vɪʤ[/t]] ravages, ravaging, ravaged VERB: usu passive A town, country, or economy that has been ravaged is one that has been damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed. [be V ed] For two decades the country has been ravaged by… …   English dictionary

• ravage — verb (transitive often passive) to destroy, ruin, or damage something very badly; devastate (1): be ravaged by sth: The population was ravaged by cholera …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ravage — verb they ravaged the countryside Syn: lay waste, devastate, ruin, destroy, wreak havoc on, leave desolate; pillage, plunder, despoil, ransack, sack, loot, rape •• ravage, despoil, devastate, pillage, plunder, sack, waste Ravage, pillage, sack,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• ravage — I. noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from ravir to ravish more at ravish Date: circa 1611 1. an act or practice of ravaging 2. damage resulting from ravaging ; violently destructive effect < the ravages of time > II. verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• HOSEA, BOOK OF — HOSEA, BOOK OF, the first of the 12 books that make up the minor prophets . Everything points to this book s having been produced in the kingdom of israel and redacted, after the fall of that state, in Judah; and this makes it a valuable source… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• ravage — /ˈrævɪdʒ / (say ravij) noun 1. devastating or destructive action. 2. havoc; ruinous damage: the ravages of war. –verb (ravaged, ravaging) –verb (t) 3. to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief. –verb (i) 4. to work… …  

• country — noun 1 area of land with its own government ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, fascinating, great ▪ this great country of ours ▪ hot, tropical ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• ISAIAH — (Heb. יְשַׁעְיָה ,יְשַׁעְיָהוּ Salvation of YHWH ), one of the eight books (as the Rabbis and the Masorah count them) of the Nevi im, or Prophets, the second division of the Hebrew canon (see bible , Canon). INTRODUCTION Outside the Book of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• POETRY — This article is arranged according to the following outline (for modern poetry, see hebrew literature , Modern; see also prosody ): biblical poetry introduction the search for identifiable indicators of biblical poetry the presence of poetry in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• ravage — rav|age [ rævıdʒ ] verb transitive to destroy something or damage it very badly: a body ravaged by disease Fifteen years of civil war had ravaged the country …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ravage — UK [ˈrævɪdʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms ravage : present tense I/you/we/they ravage he/she/it ravages present participle ravaging past tense ravaged past participle ravaged to destroy something or damage it very badly …   English dictionary