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1 ravage
'rævi‹(of enemies, invaders etc) to cause great damage or destruction in, or to plunder (a town, country etc). devastartr['rævɪʤ]1 devastar, asolar1 estragos nombre masculino pluralravage n: destrozo m, destrucción fthe ravages of war: los estragos de la guerran.• destrozo s.m.• estrago s.m.• ruina s.f.• zafarrancho s.m.v.• asolar v.• destrozar v.• pillar v.'rævɪdʒtransitive verb ( plunder) saqueara country ravaged by war — un país asolado or devastado por la guerra
['rævɪdʒ]a body ravaged by disease — un cuerpo en que la enfermedad ha (or había etc) hecho estragos
1.Nravages estragos mpl2.the region was ravaged by floods — las inundaciones causaron estragos en la región, la región fue asolada por las inundaciones
* * *['rævɪdʒ]transitive verb ( plunder) saqueara country ravaged by war — un país asolado or devastado por la guerra
a body ravaged by disease — un cuerpo en que la enfermedad ha (or había etc) hecho estragos
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2 asolar
v.1 to devastate.2 to desolate, to destroy, to devastate, to lay flat.Los vientos desolaron el bosque The winds desolated the forest.3 to raze, to level with ground, to strip.Los tractores asolaron la tierra The tractors razed the land.4 to vanquish.* * ** * *verbto raze, destroy* * *I= asolanarII1.VT to raze, raze to the ground, destroy2.See:* * *verbo transitivo guerra/huracán/sequía to devastateun país asolado por el hambre — a country ravaged o devastated by hunger
* * *= plague, devastate, lay + waste to, desolate.Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.Ex. The article 'Sorting a mountain of books' relates how when the law library was devastated by fire what had been a library became a jumble of 100,000 books and periodicals.Ex. The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.Ex. You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.* * *verbo transitivo guerra/huracán/sequía to devastateun país asolado por el hambre — a country ravaged o devastated by hunger
* * *= plague, devastate, lay + waste to, desolate.Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
Ex: The article 'Sorting a mountain of books' relates how when the law library was devastated by fire what had been a library became a jumble of 100,000 books and periodicals.Ex: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.Ex: You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.* * *vt«guerra/huracán/sequía» to devastateel terremoto asoló la ciudad the earthquake devastated the townun país asolado por el hambre a country ravaged o devastated by hunger* * *
asolar ( conjugate asolar) verbo transitivo [guerra/huracán/sequía] to devastate
asolar verbo transitivo to devastate, destroy
' asolar' also found in these entries:
English:
devastate
- plague
- blight
* * *asolar vtto devastate* * *v/t devastate* * *asolar {19} vt: to devastate, to destroy -
3 cebar
v.1 to fatten (up).La vieja cebó al pavo The old woman fattened the turkey.2 to stoke, to fuel (fuego, caldera).3 to bait (anzuelo).Pedro cebó la trampa Peter baited the trap.4 to prepare, to brew. ( River Plate)5 to prime, to fuel, to stoke.Missy cebó el fuego para calentarse Missy primed the fire to warm up.* * *1 (animal) to fatten, fatten up2 (poner cebo) to bait4 figurado (pasiones etc) to nourish1 figurado (dedicarse) to devote oneself (en, to)2 figurado (ensañarse) to show no mercy (en/con, towards), take it out (en/con, on), vent one's anger (en/con, on)* * *verb1) to bait2) fatten* * *1. VT1) [+ animal] to fatten (up)cuando voy a casa mi madre me ceba — * when I go home my mother feeds me up
2) [+ anzuelo, cepo, trampa] to bait3) [+ fuego, horno] to feed, stoke (up); [+ arma] to prime5) Cono Sur [+ maté] to brew2.VI [tuerca, tornillo] to catch, grip; [clavo] to go in3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) < animal> to fatten... up2) <anzuelo/cepo> to bait2.cebarse v prona) ( ensañarse)b) ( alimentarse) to feed* * *= stoke, fatten, bait.Ex. The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.Ex. They attacked their enemies as 'corrupt scavengers who fattened themselves on the lifeblood of the commonwealth'.Ex. Hooks are baited with fresh fish, and a block of frozen fish chum is hung over the side and allowed to disperse with the current as it thaws.----* cebarse con = take it out on, lash out (on), go to + town on.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) < animal> to fatten... up2) <anzuelo/cepo> to bait2.cebarse v prona) ( ensañarse)b) ( alimentarse) to feed* * *= stoke, fatten, bait.Ex: The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.
Ex: They attacked their enemies as 'corrupt scavengers who fattened themselves on the lifeblood of the commonwealth'.Ex: Hooks are baited with fresh fish, and a block of frozen fish chum is hung over the side and allowed to disperse with the current as it thaws.* cebarse con = take it out on, lash out (on), go to + town on.* * *cebar [A1 ]vtA ‹animal› to fatten … upno le des tanto de comer que lo estás cebando ( fam hum); don't give him so much to eat, you'll make him fatB ‹anzuelo/cepo› to baitC ‹motor/bomba› to prime■ cebarse1 (ensañarse) to vent one's angerse cebó en or con su víctima he took his anger out o vented his anger on his victim2(alimentarse): el miedo se ceba en la ignorancia fear feeds on ignorance* * *
cebar ( conjugate cebar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ animal› to fatten … up
2 ‹anzuelo/cepo› to bait
3 (CS) ‹ mate› to prepare ( and serve)
cebar verbo transitivo
1 (a un animal) to fatten
familiar (a una persona) to feed up
2 (un anzuelo, una trampa) to bait
' cebar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
engordar
- mate
English:
bait
- prime
- fatten
* * *♦ vt1. [engordar] to fatten (up)2. [fuego, caldera] to stoke, to fuel;[máquina, arma] to prime3. [anzuelo] to bait4. [sentimiento] to feed, to arouse5. RP [mate] to prepare, to brew* * *v/t1 fatten2 anzuelo bait3 TÉC prime4 L.Am.mate prepare* * *cebar vt1) : to bait2) : to feed, to fatten3) : to prime (a pump, etc.) -
4 cebarse
1 figurado (dedicarse) to devote oneself (en, to)2 figurado (ensañarse) to show no mercy (en/con, towards), take it out (en/con, on), vent one's anger (en/con, on)* * *VPRcebarse con o en algn: la oposición se cebó con o en el presidente — the opposition launched a savage o furious attack on the president
estaba enfadada y se cebó conmigo — she was angry and took it out on me o vented her anger on me
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■cebarse verbo reflexivo (ensañarse) to delight in tormenting [con, -], to be cruel [con, to]
* * *vprla policía se cebó con los manifestantes the police dealt with the demonstrators brutally;* * *v/r1 feed (en on)2:cebarse con alguien vent one’s fury on s.o.* * *vrcebarse en : to take it out on
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