- ravage (v.)
- 1610s, from French ravager "lay waste, devastate," from Old French ravage "destruction," especially by flood (14c.), from ravir "to take away hastily" (see ravish). Related: Ravaged; ravaging.
- ravage (n.)
- 1610s, from French ravage "destruction" (see ravage (v.)). Related: Ravages.
