Expression:ravage

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      waste: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.
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        Property	Value
        grammatical property	transitive
        word class	verb

      • ▶▼ Definition

        Language	Text
        English	To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.
        French	Causer une vaste destruction ou ruiner complètement.
        Castilian	Causar la completa destrucción o ruina.
        German	Umfangreiche Zerstörung verursachen oder komplett ruinieren.

      • ▶▼ Synonyms and translations

        	Expression		Annotation
        	Language	Spelling
        	Castilian	arruinar	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value grammatical property transitive word class verb
        	Castilian	devastar	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value grammatical property transitive word class verb
        	Mongolian	сүйтгэх	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value word class verb
        	Ancient Greek	ἐρημό-ω	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value example sentence "ἰδοὺ κύριος καταφθείρει τὴν οἰκουμένην καὶ ἐρημώσει αὐτὴν καὶ ἀνακαλύψει τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς καὶ διασπερεῖ τοὺς ἐνοικοῦντας ἐν αὐτῇ" (Ησαιας 24, 1, ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα, Rahlfs 1935) grammatical property transitive word class verb
        	French	ravager	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value example sentence "Voici que Yahvé dévaste la terre et la ravage, il en bouleverse la face et en disperse les habitants." (Isaïe, chapître 24, verset 1. Traduction : Bible de Jérusalem 1973) grammatical property transitive word class verb
        	French	ruiner	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value grammatical property transitive word class verb
        	English	lay… to waste	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value grammatical property transitive word class verb
        	English (United States)	lay waste	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value word class verb
        	German	völlig zerstören
        	German	zu Grunde richten
        	German	devastieren
        	German	veröden
        	German	in Schutt und Asche legen
        	English	scourge	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value word class verb
        	German	verwüsten
        	English	lay waste to	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value word class verb
        	German	verheeren
        	English	desolate	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value grammatical property transitive word class verb
        	French	dévaster	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value grammatical property transitive word class verb
        	English	devastate	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value example sentence "Behold, the LORD lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants." (Isaia, chapter 24, verse 1. Translation: New American standard Bible) grammatical property transitive word class verb
        	Dutch	verwoesten
        	Castilian	destruir	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value grammatical property transitive word class verb
        	French	détruire	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value grammatical property transitive word class verb
        	English	waste	show ▿hide ▵ Property Value example sentence The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion. grammatical property transitive word class verb

      • ▶▼ Semantic annotations

        Property	Value
        hypernym	destruct
        Image from Commons	Wildfire in California.