English-Italian translations for ravage

• devastare
  Signor Presidente, signor Commissario, proprio adesso in Francia il fuoco continua a devastare una parte del Massiccio dei Maures. Mr President, Commissioner, at this very moment fire is continuing to ravage part of the Massif des Maures in France.
• devastazione
  Purtroppo, molte specie si sono estinte a causa della devastazione prodotta dalla civiltà prima che avessimo occasione di scoprirle. Unfortunately, many species died out due to the ravages of civilisation before we had a chance to discover them.
• distruggere

Definition of ravage

• To devastate or destroy something
• To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something
• Grievous damage or havoc
• Depredation or devastation

Examples

• the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time

Related words

• ravages
• ravager
• unravaged
• stravage
• Caravagesque
• the ravages of time