The Only Use of
ravage
in
A Long Walk to Water
- He felt sick at the thought of those men—first dying in such a horrible way, and then having even their corpses ravaged.†
p. 59.3ravaged = destroyed or damaged
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.