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ravager|ˈrævɪdʒə(r)| [f. ravage v. + -er1.] One who or that which ravages.
1611Cotgr., Ravageur, a rauager, spoyler, forrayer. 1726Leoni tr. Alberti's Archit. I. 39 They fall like so many Ravagers to demolishing..every thing before them. 1742Richardson Pamela III. 226 That very Innocence, which tempts some brutal Ravager to ruin it. 1815Monthly Mag. XXXVIII. 500 He sees..in the torrent, now the fertilizer, now the ravager of districts. 1870Morris Earthly Par. I. ii. 670 The ravager of Rome his right hand slew. |