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calamity
English
Etymology
From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamit?s (“loss, damage; disaster”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??læm?ti/
- Hyphenation: ca?lam?i?ty
Noun
calamity (plural calamities)
- An event resulting in great loss.
- The distress that results from some disaster.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]
- They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:disaster
Related terms
- calamitous
Translations
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ravage
English
Etymology
From French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”), from ravir (“to bear away suddenly”), from Latin rapere (“to snatch, seize”), akin to Ancient Greek ?????? (harpáz?, “to seize”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æv?d?/
Verb
ravage (third-person singular simple present ravages, present participle ravaging, simple past and past participle ravaged)
- (transitive) To devastate or destroy something.
- (transitive) To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something.
- (intransitive) To wreak destruction.
Related terms
- rapid
Translations
Noun
ravage (plural ravages)
- Grievous damage or havoc.
- Depredation or devastation
- the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time
Translations
Further reading
- ravage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ravage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra??va?.??/
- Hyphenation: ra?va?ge
- Rhymes: -a???
Noun
ravage f (plural ravages)
- havoc, damage
Anagrams
- gevaar
French
Etymology
From ravine (“rush of water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.va?/
Noun
ravage m (plural ravages)
- singular of ravages
- (archaic) The act of laying waste.
Verb
ravage
- first-person singular present indicative of ravager
- third-person singular present indicative of ravager
- first-person singular present subjunctive of ravager
- third-person singular present subjunctive of ravager
- second-person singular imperative of ravager
Further reading
- “ravage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- gavera
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