Warlike incursion; devastation, laying waste; ravaging, plundering, raiding.
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| 释义 | the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation (51) harryingc900 Warlike incursion; devastation, laying waste; ravaging, plundering, raiding. harrowingc1000 spoiling (of hell), also in general sense, plundering, sacking (of a country). wastinga1300 The action of laying waste; devastation. destructionc1330 The action of ravaging or laying waste; havoc, ruin. Obsolete (as distinct from the main sense.) harryc1330 The act of harrying; devastation, molestation, vexation. wastenessa1382 The state of being waste. Desolation, destruction, ruin. literal and figurative. (Chiefly biblical.) Obsolete. wastitya1382 Desolation. (Only in Wyclif's rendering of vastitas in the Vulgate.) desolation1382 The action of laying waste a land, etc., destroying its people, crops, and buildings, and making it unfit for habitation; utter devastation; an act… unroningnessa1400 desolation. wrackc1407 Damage, disaster, or injury to a person, state, etc., by reason of force, outrage, or violence; devastation, destruction. exile1436 Waste or devastation of property; ruin, utter impoverishment. Obsolete (in later use historical). havoc1480 Devastation, destruction; esp. in to make havoc, to play havoc (frequently const. with), in which the earlier sense of spoliation or plunder has… hership1487 Harrying, pillage, plundering, devastation; a warlike incursion, or foray; harrying of cattle. vastation1545 The action of laying waste, devastating, or destroying. Also frequently, an instance of this. Obsolete (very common 1610–60). vastitude1545 Devastation; laying waste. Obsolete. rare. sackc1550 The action of sack, v.2; sackage, plundering; esp. in to put to sack, †to put toor unto the sack (obsolete). population1552 The action of laying waste to a country or region; devastation. waste1560 Destruction or devastation caused by war, floods, conflagrations, etc. Now rare or Obsolete. ravishment1570 An act of plundering or robbing. Obsolete. riotingc1580 Scottish. The action of ravaging or spoiling the land. Obsolete. rare. pull-down1588 An act or the action of pulling (something) down; the fact of being pulled down. Also figurative. desolating1591 The action of desolate, v. degast1592 Devastation, ruin, waste. devastation1603 The action of devastating, or condition of being devastated; laying waste; wide-spread destruction; ravages. ravage1611 The action or practice of ravaging; the result of this action; destruction, devastation, or extensive damage caused by a person or animal. wracking1611 ravagement1766 Ravaging, depredation; devastation, extensive damage; an instance of this. herriment1787 Harrying, ravaging, devastation. carnage1848 figurative. Widespread damage or ruin, devastation; chaos, disorder. wastage1909 The action of laying (land) waste. enhavocking- devastation. Subcategories:— fact or condition of being devastated (2) — ravages (4) — that which is ravaged (1) — instance of suffering or causing (1) — one who or that which (12) |
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