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
There was no highwayman, no menacing apparition of any sort, but the fear of some ghostly ravager had been real enough.
From Every Man for Himself by Norman Duncan
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 Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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 Isaac Frederick Marcosson
A grey bear visited the folds at Hleithargarth; many such a ravager was there far and wide throughout the country.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. Chambers
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