单词 | ravaging |
释义 | ravaging (once / 8260 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY ravaging: ravagings+/ravage: ravaged, ravages, ravaging USAGE EXAMPLESBy the fifteen-thirties, the slavers were ravaging the Mosquito Coast and the Olancho Valley of central Honduras, destroying villages and rounding up people like cattle. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Putin’s cronies, on the other hand, depend on him; ravaging their assets wouldn’t hurt him much at all. Slate(Dec 30, 2016) Depression started ravaging his life when he was 12. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj ruinously destructive and wasting a ravaging illness Syn destructive causing destruction or much damage 2n plundering with excessive damage and destruction Syn|Hyper devastation pillage, pillaging, plundering the act of stealing valuable things from a place |
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