ravage
verb [usually passive]- ravage something
to damage something badly synonym devastate毀壞;損壞;嚴重損害 a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内戰重創的國家 a recession that has ravaged the textile industry 使紡織業遭受重創的經濟萎縮 The countryside has been ravaged by pollution. 鄉村已被污染嚴重毀壞。 the flood-/quake-/tornado-/war-ravaged country 遭受洪水/地震/龍卷風/戰爭摧殘的國家
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRavage is used with these nouns as the subject:- storm
- country
- countryside
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French ravager, from earlier ravage, alteration of ravine ‘rush of water’.