ravage Copy link Outline 1. pŏpŭlātio2. vastātio, vastĭtas (the former denoting the act, the latter the state resulting from it)3. răpīna, vexātio • ravage, ravaging (subs.): 1. pŏpŭlātio: the r.s of passers by, populationes praetereuntium viatorum, Col. 1, 5, 7; of birds, volucrum, id. 3, 21, 5: he made extensive r.s, populationem effuse fecit, Liv. 2, 64: Caesar thought it enough to prevent the enemy from making r.s, Caesar satis habebat, hostem populationibus prohibere, Caes. B. G. 1, 15. Strengthened: dēpopulatio, Auct. pro dom. 58, 146. 2. vastātio, vastĭtas (the former denoting the act, the latter the state resulting from it): v. devastation. 3. răpīna, vexātio: v. plunder, pillage.