The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ravage \Rav"age\ (r[a^]v"[asl]j; 48), n. [F., fr. (assumed) L.
   rapagium, rapaticum, fr. rapere to carry off by force, to
   ravish. See Rapacious, Ravish.]
   Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction;
   devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the
   ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of
   time.
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         Would one think 't were possible for love
         To make such ravage in a noble soul?     --Addison.
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   Syn: Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder;
        spoil; waste; ruin.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ravage \Rav"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged
   (r[a^]v"[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging
   (r[a^]v"[asl]*j[i^]ng).] [F. ravager. See Ravage, n.]
   To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit
   havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
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         Already Caesar
         Has ravaged more than half the globe.    --Addison.
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         His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil; devastate;
        desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ravage
    n 1: (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of
         time"; "the depredations of age and disease" [syn:
         ravage, depredation]
    v 1: make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in
         wartimes [syn: harry, ravage]
    2: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay
       waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: lay waste
       to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge]