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# ravage

verb (ravage, ravages, ravaged, ravaging); noun (the ravages of — plural)

«ravage» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To damage or destroy something badly: «The storm ravaged the coast.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ravage/#m1)
2. (the ravages of) The very bad effects of something over time: «the ravages of war», «the ravages of time». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ravage/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history and geography lessons wars, fires, floods, diseases and pests ravage lands; in stories it shows terrible destruction. Phrases: «ravaged by war», «ravaged by fire», «the ravages of time».

### Examples

- Bushfires ravaged huge areas of Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ravage/#x1)
- The town was ravaged by war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ravage/#x2)
- Locusts ravaged the farmers' crops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ravage/#x3)
- The old castle shows the ravages of time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ravage/#x4)
- A terrible disease ravaged Europe in the 1300s. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ravage/#x5)
- The hurricane ravaged the islands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ravage/#x6)
- Passing through the woody district of Crommyon Theseus next slew a wild and dangerous sow which had long ravaged the country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ravage/#x7)

### Note

The noun is almost always plural: «the ravages of». Do not confuse «ravage» (destroy) with «ravish» or «ravenous» (very hungry). Stress: RAV-ij.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The psalm pictures Israel as a vine that a wild boar tears up. This is read as the nations harming Israel. In the primary lessons: In history and geography lessons wars, fires, floods, diseases and pests ravage lands; in stories it shows terrible destruction. Phrases: «ravaged by war», «ravaged by fire», «the ravages of time».

### Examples

- The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it. (Writings PSA.80.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravage/#x1)

### Note

The noun is almost always plural: «the ravages of». Do not confuse «ravage» (destroy) with «ravish» or «ravenous» (very hungry). Stress: RAV-ij.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ravage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ravage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ravage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ravage.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ravage» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ravage» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ravage.html) on Mova free.