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Meanings of ravaged in English

Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.

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Usage of ravaged in English
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We often hear the term 'flood-ravaged' used in relation to some areas.
Radio NZ
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This comes after countless cases of gender-based violence have ravaged the country.
The South African
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A major drive to distribute aid throughout Vanuatu's cyclone-ravaged islands, started today.
Radio NZ
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A great battle must have ravaged this coast some time in history.
Return of the Crimson Guard
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Or that it only exists in countries ravaged by war and poverty.
The Guardian
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Imagine fleeing your war-ravaged home and living in hiding for 20 years.
Radio NZ
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Work gets underway as Edgecumbe residents start returning home to flood-ravaged houses.
Radio NZ
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The violence has ravaged border cities and even beach resorts like Acapulco.
Reuters
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He says 'ravaged' in a teasing, theatrical manner, with his eyelashes flickering.
The great lover
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But that job disappeared too as the coronavirus outbreak ravaged the economy.
Reuters
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France has suffered in her ravaged fields and in her ruined villages.
What Peace Means
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Lidl's Irish management then contacted their colleagues in virus-ravaged Italy for advice.
The Irish Times
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The valleys which they ravaged were the granary of the revolutionary forces.
The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration
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Whole regions have been ravaged and abominable deeds perpetrated in the towns.
New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginn...
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India and China, though frequently ravaged by both these scourges, remain super-saturated.
Outspoken Essays
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More relief supplies will be sent from New Caledonia to cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu.
Radio NZ
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