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破坏,蹂躏毁坏,破坏,掠夺

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ravage \Rav"age\ (?; 48), n. [F., fr. (assumed) L. rapagium,
   rapaticum, fr. rapere to carry off by force, to ravish. See
   {Rapacious}, {Ravish}.]
   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.

Ravage \Rav"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravaged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Ravaging}.] [F. ravager. See {Ravage}, n.]
   To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit
   havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.

         Already C[ae]sar 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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

ravage
     n : (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of
         time"; "the depradations of age and disease" [syn: {depredation}]
     v 1: make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in
          wartimes [syn: {harry}]
     2: devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside
        after the invasion" [syn: {lay waste to}, {waste}, {devastate},
         {desolate}, {scourge}]