ravager
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ravager
First recorded in 1605–15; ravage ( def. ) + -er 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Such snarls have won Deeb, TV and radio critic for the Chicago Tribune, a reputation as the wolf-man of the air waves?the sourest, crudest ravager of the medium since Spiro Agnew put away his thesaurus.
From Time Magazine Archive
To his fame, it would have erected no auxiliary monument to have invaded, like the ravager of Egypt, an innocent though barbarous nation, to inscribe his name on the pillar of Pompey.
From Washington's Birthday by Schauffler, Robert Haven
What a fury of destruction once the ravager is installed in the vegetable treasure-house!
From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard
Congestion of the lungs vies with sleeping sickness as the ravager of Middle Africa, and especially certain parts of the Congo.
From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
The good fortune that secured me the ravaged pupa taught me nothing concerning the tactics of the ravager.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
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