ravage
verb [usually passive]- ravage something
to damage something badly synonym devastate毁坏;损坏;严重损害 a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家 a recession that has ravaged the textile industry 使纺织业遭受重创的经济萎缩 The countryside has been ravaged by pollution. 乡村已被污染严重毁坏。 the flood-/quake-/tornado-/war-ravaged country 遭受洪水/地震/龙卷风/战争摧残的国家
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’.