the ravages of
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: destruction or damage caused by (something)
the ravages of war/disease
—sometimes used figurativelyHer face showed the ravages of time.
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The city’s shrinkage can more accurately be attributed to two things: the ravages of the bubonic plague in the 14th century and the loss of its trade primacy once the Portuguese established a route to India.
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Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
What will climate change, and/or the ravages of resource extraction, do to this ecological and cultural keystone species?
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025
Here, he was portrayed as a devoted father, a health-and-fitness addict, a gladiator raging against the ravages of professional athletics.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
Chicks for sale are also scarce due to the rise in demand from the ravages of the virus.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025
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Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
What will climate change, and/or the ravages of resource extraction, do to this ecological and cultural keystone species?
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025
Here, he was portrayed as a devoted father, a health-and-fitness addict, a gladiator raging against the ravages of professional athletics.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
Chicks for sale are also scarce due to the rise in demand from the ravages of the virus.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025
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