ravage B2 Topic:Safety & Risk US /ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ/ See IPA manual Freq #35791 Meanings 1 verb To cause great damage to something; to destroy. The forest was ravaged by the wildfire. 2 noun Serious damage or destruction (often used in the plural). The old building showed the ravages of time. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to cause great damage to... devastatedestroy 2 noun · serious damage or... depredation Word family Forms ravagedravagesravaging Derived forms ravageableravagementunravaged Related forms rapid Etymology AI details From French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”), from ravir (“to bear away suddenly”), from Latin rapere (“to snatch, seize”), akin to Ancient Greek ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to seize”). Topics Safety & Risk External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ravage **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** verb, noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ/ **Frequency rank:** 35791 ## Meanings 1. To cause great damage to something; to destroy. 2. Serious damage or destruction (often used in the plural). ## Examples - The forest was ravaged by the wildfire. - The old building showed the ravages of time. ## Derived Forms - ravageable - ravagement - unravaged ## Related Forms - rapid ## Etymology From French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”), from ravir (“to bear away suddenly”), from Latin rapere (“to snatch, seize”), akin to Ancient Greek ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to seize”). ## AI Etymology Ravage comes from French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”), from ravir (“to bear away suddenly”), from Latin rapere (“to snatch, seize”), akin to Ancient Greek ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to seize”). Modern senses include to cause great damage to something; to destroy. and serious damage or destruction (often used in the plural).. The wider word family includes derivatives such as ravageable, ravagement, and unravaged and related forms such as rapid. ## Topics - Safety & Risk markdown