Answer: grevious damage (...of time, ...of disease)
Ravages
verb
noun
Word Origin early 17th century: from French ravager from earlier ravage alteration of ravine 'rush of water'.
Derivatives
Scrabble Points: 10
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Ravage definition is - an act or practice of ravaging. How to use ravage in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of ravage.
1. The act or practice of pillaging or destroying: the marauders' ravage of the village. 2.
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1 Ravage devastate lay waste all refer in their literal application to the wholesale destruction of a countryside by an invading army (or something comparable). Lay waste has remained the closest to the original meaning of destruction of land: The invading army laid waste the towns along the coast.
1 Ravage devastate lay waste all refer in their literal application to the wholesale destruction of a countryside by an invading ...