RAVAGE Copy link • RAVAGE 1. v. Vid. DEVASTATE, DEPOPULATE. 2. s. [Vid: DEVASTATION]. Ravages of time, insects, etc., perhaps quae de aliquo (anni, etc.) praedati sunt (after Hor., Ep., 2, 2, 55): to repair the ravages of time, etc., *detrimenta alicui rei per annos euntes importata reconcinnare.