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2 ENTRIES FOUND:

• ravages (noun)
• ravage (verb)

ravages

/ˈrævɪʤəz/

noun

ravages

/ˈrævɪʤəz/

noun

Britannica Dictionary definition of RAVAGES

[plural]

literary

:

destruction or damage

— usually + of

• the ravages of war/disease

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— sometimes used figuratively

• Her face showed the ravages of time. [=her face looked old, wrinkled, etc.]

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