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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: ravager, from ravage 'destruction', from ravir; RAVISH

ravage

 verb
     
rav‧age [transitive usually passive]
to damage something very badly:
a country ravaged by civil war
His health was gradually ravaged by drink and drugs.
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