ravages

See also: ravagés

English

Noun

ravages

plural of ravage
(plural only) Harsh damage.
The ravages of war decimated the country: death, destruction and pestilence resulted from the bombings.

Translations

harsh damages

Dutch: verwoesting (nl) c

Spanish: estragos (es)

Verb

ravages

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ravage

Anagrams

savager

French

Noun

ravages m pl (plural only)

damages, destruction caused by man or nature
deteriorations caused by natural processes such as time or disease
(archaic) great damages caused by man through violence; pillage or sacking

Verb

ravages

second-person singular present indicative of ravager
second-person singular present subjunctive of ravager

Further reading

“ravages” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

gaveras

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