ravage
Example Sentences
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The second aircraft reached nearby Burkina Faso, another country ravaged by Islamist extremists, said Romero, the former intelligence officer, who was briefed on the flights.
Since 2019, Lebanon has been ravaged by crises, including an economic collapse, a devastating port blast in Beirut in 2020 and the recent war with Israel.
From Barron's
"That is a gaping hole in a law that should protect nature from the ravages of climate change," she said.
From Barron's
Athens beat Sparta at sea, Sparta ravaged Athenian land; then each was forced to fight on the other’s turf.
There’s no angry chest-thumping about the ravages of capitalism in “A Thousand and One.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
