ravage
ra vij
- n (usually plural) a destructive action
the ravages of time - v make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
- v cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- That means billions for energy-efficient and climate-friendly infrastructure like wind turbines, solar panels and mass transit, but nothing for new sprawl roads that ravage nature .
- Preventable scourges like tuberculosis and hepatitis B ravage the countryside, infant mortality is creeping upward after decades in declineand now, with millions of migrant .
- RISING TIDE The swollen Vltava River threatens buildings and bridges in downtown Prague, as floods ravage much of central and eastern Europe.