ravish
verb (used with object)
to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
has ravished
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present perfectof ravish (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Moreover, the disease has ravished police and firefighting departments nationwide, and scores of EMTs are also grappling with high numbers of diagnoses among the ranks.
From Fox News ● Mar. 25, 2020
The government has come under particular scrutiny recently, as floods have killed dozens of people and a locust plague has ravished crops and grazing land.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2020
The funding request in his 2017 budget proposal would address the harrowing epidemic, which has ravished communities in all corners of the U.S.
From Time ● Feb. 2, 2016
Soho Rep, New York An American in Paris Directed by the choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and packed full of some of Gershwin’s finest songs, this all-singing, all-hoofing extravaganza has ravished Broadway.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2015
The strength of the enemy lies in his creed; not in the lands that he has ravished from his neighbours.
From England and the War by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
