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ravaged

[ rav-ijd ]

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adjective

ruinously damaged or marred:
After the war they were faced with a ravaged landscape and a deeply scarred population.
Her heart contracted with pity when she saw the ravaged face and red, swollen eyes of her friend.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of ravage.

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Other Word Forms

�ܲ�·��·�� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ravaged¹

First recorded in 1650–60; ravage ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective; ravage ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb

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His early years are spent in places ravaged by the Empire’s environmental degradation, first on Cassian’s destroyed planet of origin, then on his adoptive home world of Ferrix, a rocky salvaging base.

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She said so last week while visiting Pacific Palisades, which was ravaged by fire at the start of the year.

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But any sense of stability was upended when the camp was ravaged by an intense ground and aerial assault.

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Earlier this year, Osment was among the thousands of Angelenos who lost their homes in the devastating wildfires that ravaged parts of Southern California in January.

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While the latter two were essentially vaporized by the fire, the burned shells of the others remain, steel sentinels left ravaged by the flames.

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