Both Uses of
ravage
in
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- 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) 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.