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ravager

to ravage, devastate

verb rah-vah-ZHEH Rare

Usage Note

Ravager is a strong verb implying wholesale destruction — une tempête a ravagé la côte ('a storm ravaged the coast'). The related noun ravage is most often used in the plural: les ravages de la guerre ('the ravages of war'). Like other -ger verbs, it keeps an e before -ons (nous ravageons) to preserve the soft-g sound.

Examples

"La tempête a ravagé le village côtier."

Natural Translation

The storm devastated the coastal village.

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