Both Uses
ravage
in
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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- Jealousy and hatred enter the flowery home, and it is ravaged of its loveliness.†
Chpt 6 *ravaged = destroyed or damaged
- The slaves were sent to their masters, and the free were permitted to return to their ravaged homes.†
Chpt 12
Definitions:
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(1)
(ravage) to destroy or damage; or damaging effects
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, ravage can reference pillaging or plundering as is done by an invading army that takes things of value and destroys what is left.