Both Uses
ravage
in
Running in the Family
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- She ravaged some of the best gardens in Colombo and Nuwara Eliya.†
p. 122.6 *ravaged = destroyed or damaged
- He loved ordered gardens and hated to see beds ravaged by Lalla's plundering.†
p. 145.6
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.