ravaging

  • 1ravaging — index depredation, disastrous, larcenous, predatory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2Ravaging — Ravage Rav age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravaged} (r[a^]v [asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ravaging} (r[a^]v [asl]*j[i^]ng).] [F. ravager. See {Ravage}, n.] To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to… …

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  • 3ravaging — I noun plundering with excessive damage and destruction • Syn: ↑devastation • Derivationally related forms: ↑devastate (for: ↑devastation), ↑ravage • …

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  • 4ravaging — rav·age || rævɪdÊ’ n. destruction, ruin, devastation v. rob, plunder, pillage; destroy, ruin, demolish …

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  • 5ravaging — hergung …

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  • 6hergung — ravaging …

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  • 7ravage — 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 …

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  • 8Battle of Ager Falernus — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Ager Falernus partof=the Second Punic War date= Summer 217 BC place= Mount Callicula, Campania, present day Italy result= Carthaginian victory combatant1=Carthage combatant2=Roman Republic commander1=&#8230; …

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  • 9destruction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of destroying Nouns 1. destruction, waste, dissolution, break[ing] up; disruption; consumption; disorganization. See loss. 2. (fact of destruction) fall, downfall, ruin, perdition, crash, smash,&#8230; …

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  • 10Forray — For ray, n. The act of ravaging; a ravaging; a predatory excursion. See {Foray}. [1913 Webster] …

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