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ravage

verb
/ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ/

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”).

  1. derived from ἁρπάζω — “to seize”
  2. derived from rapere — “to snatch, seize”
  3. derived from ravage — “ravage, havoc, spoil”

Definitions

  1. To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.

    • Already Cæſar Has ravaged more than half the Globe, and ſees Mankind grown thin by his deſtructive Sword: Should he go further, Numbers would be wanting To form new Battels, and ſupport his Crimes.

  2. To pillage or plunder destructively

    To pillage or plunder destructively; to sack.

  3. To wreak destruction.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To have vigorous sexual intercourse with.

    2. To rape.

    3. Grievous damage or havoc.

      • Would one think 'twere possible for love / To make such ravage in a noble soul!

    4. Depredation or devastation.

      • the ravages of fire or tempest
      • the ravages of an army
      • the ravages of time

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Derived

ravageable, ravagement, unravaged

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ravage. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at ravage. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at ravage

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA