ravage

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

(usually plural) a destructive action (Freq. 1)
- the ravages of time
- the depredations of age and disease
• Syn:
depredation
• Usage Domain:
plural, plural form
• Hypernyms:
destruction, demolition, wipeout

II - verb

1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
• Syn:
lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, scourge
• Derivationally related forms:
scourge (for: scourge), ravaging, desolation (for: desolate), devastation (for: devastate), waster (for: waste)
• Hypernyms:
destroy, ruin
• Hyponyms:
ruin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
• Syn:
harry
• Hypernyms:
destroy, ruin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  depredation, lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, scourge, harry