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Verb
S:
(v)
harry
,
ravage
(make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
ravage
[Related to:
ravage
] ((usually plural) a destructive action)
"the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"
sentence frame
S:
(v)
lay waste to
,
waste
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devastate
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desolate
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ravage
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scourge
(cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly)
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
despoiled
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pillaged
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raped
,
ravaged
,
sacked
(having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence)
"the raped countryside"