English-Thai Dictionary

ravage

N การทำลายล้าง  การ ล้างผลาญ  damage destruction kan-tam-lai-lang

 

ravage

VT ทำให้ เสียหาย  ทำลาย  ล้างผลาญ  destroy ruin spoil tam-hai-sia-hai

 

ravage

VT ปล้นสะดม  despoil plunder plon-sa-dom

 

ravages

N การทำลายล้าง  kan-tam-lai-lang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAVAGE

n.[L. rapio.] 1. Spoil; ruin; waste; destruction by violence, wither by men, beasts or physical causes; as the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army.
Would one think 'twene possible for love to make such ravage in a noble soul.
2. Waste; ruin; destruction by decay; as the ravages of time.

 

RAVAGE

v.t. 1. To spoil; to plunder; to pillage; to sack.
Already Cesar has ravag'd more than half the globe!
2. To lay waste by any violent force; as, a flood or inundation ravages the meadows.
The shatter'd forest and the ravag'd vale.
3. to waste or destroy by eating; as fields ravaged by swarms of locusts.

 

RAVAGED

pp. Wasted; destroyed; pillaged.

 

RAVAGER

n.a plunderer a spoiler; he or that which lays waste.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RAVAGE

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.

 

RAVAGE

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.

 

RAVAGER

RAVAGER Rav "a *ger, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ravage

rav age |ˈravij ˈrævɪʤ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause severe and extensive damage to: fears that a war could ravage their country. ▶noun (ravages ) the severely damaging or destructive effects of something: his face had withstood the ravages of time . • acts of destruction: the ravages committed by man. DERIVATIVES rav ag er noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French ravager, from earlier ravage, alteration of ravine ‘rush of water. ’

 

ravaged

rav aged |ˈravijd ˈrævɪʤd | ▶adjective severely damaged; devastated: he hopes to visit his ravaged homeland. • (of a person ) disfigured by age or illness: the sad tales and ravaged faces of the cancer victims.

 

Oxford Dictionary

ravage

rav ¦age |ˈravɪdʒ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause severe and extensive damage to: the hurricane ravaged southern Florida. ▶noun (ravages ) the destructive effects of something: his face had withstood the ravages of time . • acts of destruction: the ravages committed by man. DERIVATIVES ravager noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French ravager, from earlier ravage, alteration of ravine ‘rush of water ’.

 

ravaged

rav |aged |ˈravɪdʒd | ▶adjective severely damaged; devastated: he hopes to visit his ravaged homeland. • disfigured by age or illness: the ravaged faces of the elderly cancer victims.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ravage

ravage verb they ravaged the countryside: lay waste, devastate, ruin, destroy, wreak havoc on, leave desolate; pillage, plunder, despoil, ransack, sack, loot, rape.

 

ravages

ravages plural noun 1 the ravages of time: damaging effects, ill effects. 2 the ravages carried out by humanity: acts of destruction, destruction, damage, devastation, ruin, havoc, depredation (s ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ravage

ravage verb the inhabitants of the country had been decimated, their land ravaged: lay waste, devastate, ruin, leave in ruins, destroy, wreak havoc on, leave desolate, level, raze, demolish, wipe out, wreck, damage; pillage, plunder, harry, maraud, ransack, sack, loot; literary despoil, rape; archaic spoil, havoc; rare depredate, spoliate.

 

ravaged

ravaged adjective a ravaged landscape: devastated, ruined, wrecked, desolate; war-torn, battle-scarred.

 

ravages

ravages plural noun 1 skin that showed the ravages of time: damaging effects, ill effects, scars. 2 few places these days are untouched by the ravages of man: acts of destruction, destruction, damage, devastation, ruin, havoc, depredation (s ), wreckage; literary rape.

 

French Dictionary

ravage

ravage n. m. nom masculin 1 Dégât, dommage. : L ’ouragan a fait d ’énormes ravages. 2 Territoire forestier d ’étendue variable servant de refuge à un groupe plus ou moins important de cervidés pendant l ’hiver (GDT ). : Il existe des ravages d ’orignaux, des ravages de cerfs de Virginie ainsi que des ravages de caribous. Note Technique Le 13 juillet 2004, la Commission de toponymie du Québec a approuvé le terme ravage ainsi que sa définition, pour la gestion des noms de lieux. LOCUTION Faire des ravages. Avoir du succès en amour. : Ce charmant jeune homme fera des ravages auprès des adolescentes.

 

ravager

ravager v. tr. verbe transitif 1 Faire des dégâts, endommager. : Les chèvres ont ravagé le jardin: elles ont tout mangé. SYNONYME détériorer ; saccager . 2 Détruire. : L ’éruption volcanique a ravagé la petite ville voisine. SYNONYME anéantir . changer Conjugaison Le g est suivi d ’un e devant les lettres a et o. Il ravagea, nous ravageons.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ravage

rav age /rǽvɪdʒ /動詞 他動詞 〖通例be ～d 〗〈都市 国家 経済 人体などが 〉破壊される, 荒廃する, 損傷する .名詞 C ｟書 ｠〖通例the ～s 〗(戦争 病気 天候などによる建物 人などの )破壊, 損傷, 損壊 ▸ the ravages of time [war ]時の経過による損傷 [戦禍 ]