1. (v.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder\; to consume.

2. (n.) 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.

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