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▪ I. ravaging, vbl. n.|ˈrævɪdʒɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. ravage.
1611Cotgr., Sac, a sacke,..pillage, depopulation, rauaging. 1710Prideaux Orig. Tithes iv. 176 We have seen..the ravagings of our Wealth. 1753N. Torriano Gangr. Sore Throat 48 A Witness of the ravaging of this Distemper. 1811Scott Don Roderick i. viii, Where..shepherds sing..Of feuds obscure, and Border ravaging. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) I. vi. 519 The ravaging of districts for treason.
▪ II. ˈravaging, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That ravages.
1886W. J. Tucker E. Europe 103 The ravaging hand of time. 1887Bowen Virg. æneid i. 621 When Belus..with a ravaging horde, Swept over fruitful Cyprus. |