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
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
The first of these animals is believed to have been a burrowing creature, perhaps a mole; the second, from the meaning of its name, "ravager of fields," is thought to have been a mouse.
From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William
But oh! what sorrow did I feel, as swift, ��Insidious ravager, I saw thee fly Through fair Lucina's breast of whitest snow, ��Preparing swift her passage to the sky.
From The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas by White, Henry Kirk
The ravager is at the gate, and there is none on earth to help us!
From Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies by Irving, Washington
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