Ravage vs Despoilment - What's the difference?
ravage | despoilment | Synonyms |
To devastate or destroy something.
To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something.
To wreak destruction.
Grievous damage or havoc.
* Addison
Depredation or devastation
The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
* 1994 : Noah M. Lemos, Intrinsic Value
Ravage is a synonym of despoilment.
As a verb ravage
is .As a noun despoilment is
the act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.ravage
English
Verb
Noun
(en noun)- Would one think 'twere possible for love / To make such ravage in a noble soul?
- the ravage''' of a lion; the '''ravages''' of fire or tempest; the '''ravages of an army, or of time
External links
* * ----despoilment
English
Noun
(en noun)- On such a view, the despoilment of pristine wilderness is the loss of something intrinsically good.
