the ravages of
idiom
literary
: destruction or damage caused by (something)
the ravages of war/disease
—sometimes used figurativelyHer face showed the ravages of time.
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Henri Matisse was in his seventies when the ravages of cancer made painting too difficult.
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CBS News, 6 June 2024
Also with the ravages of a generation that takes drugs, that loves, that dies young.
—Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024
In the process, Fuller captures the ravages of war on both soldiers and civilians while also depicting why sometimes fighting becomes the only choice.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
And few challenges are greater and more urgent than protecting the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities from the ravages of climate change.
—Scott M. Moore, Foreign Affairs, 18 July 2023
The General Sherman, said Ambrose, is valiantly holding forth, defying the ravages of time.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
His administration averted economic catastrophe by pushing through at least $5 trillion in stimulus checks, child tax credits and loans to help families, small businesses, airlines, local governments and others lessen the ravages of the pandemic.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
Angela Barrett lost her father twice: First, during her childhood in Miami-Dade, when the ravages of schizophrenia robbed him of his mental acuity, and again, decades later, when state mental health administrators assigned him to the same bedroom as a man who once sliced his own mother’s throat.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
Morton-Hayward is primarily working toward understanding how these brains survive the ravages of time, with at least four preservation mechanisms at play.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
CBS News, 6 June 2024
Also with the ravages of a generation that takes drugs, that loves, that dies young.
—Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024
In the process, Fuller captures the ravages of war on both soldiers and civilians while also depicting why sometimes fighting becomes the only choice.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
And few challenges are greater and more urgent than protecting the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities from the ravages of climate change.
—Scott M. Moore, Foreign Affairs, 18 July 2023
The General Sherman, said Ambrose, is valiantly holding forth, defying the ravages of time.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
His administration averted economic catastrophe by pushing through at least $5 trillion in stimulus checks, child tax credits and loans to help families, small businesses, airlines, local governments and others lessen the ravages of the pandemic.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
Angela Barrett lost her father twice: First, during her childhood in Miami-Dade, when the ravages of schizophrenia robbed him of his mental acuity, and again, decades later, when state mental health administrators assigned him to the same bedroom as a man who once sliced his own mother’s throat.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
Morton-Hayward is primarily working toward understanding how these brains survive the ravages of time, with at least four preservation mechanisms at play.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
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