Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time.

To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.

(usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depradations of age and disease"

make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

Ravage is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universes. Due to Trademark restrictions on the common name Ravage, he is sometimes called Battle Ravage, Command Ravage or Tripredacus Agent.

Ravage is a science-fiction novel written by René Barjavel, set in 2052 France. The English title is Ashes, ashes.

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