ravage

ravage is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
3. noun. (usually plural) a destructive action

   "the ravages of time"

   "the depredations of age and disease"

   Synonyms: depredation

4. verb. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

   "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

   Synonyms: desolate, devastate, scourge, waste

5. verb. make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

   Synonyms: harry

Synonyms

depredation, desolate, devastate, scourge, waste, harry

Common word forms

ravaged, ravager, ravages, ravaging, ravagement

Words from these letters

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