with obj.
- cause severe and extensive damage to彻底毁灭, 毁坏, 蹂躏：
fears that a war could ravage their country.
战争会把他们的国家毁掉的种种担心。
noun
1ravages
- the severely damaging or destructive effects of something破坏的痕迹; 灾害, 灾难：
his face had withstood the ravages of time.
他的脸经受住了岁月的摧残。
1.1
- acts of destruction大破坏, 毁灭, 蹂躏：
the ravages committed by man.
人类造成的毁灭性破坏。
派生词
ravager
noun词源
early 17th cent.: from French ravager, from earlier ravage, alteration of ravine 'rush of water'.