All 3 Uses of
ravage
in
White: The Great Pursuit
- The lack of oxygen ravaged her body for long seconds, and she didn't try to stop death.†
Chpt 44 *ravaged = destroyed or damaged
- He would possess her and he would ravage her.†
Chpt 34
- The virus didn't ravage the world in 2010.†
Chpt Epil.
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.