the ravages of
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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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Today only 3 percent of the snake’s habitat in western Ecuador remains, after the ravages of logging and agriculture.
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Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
The impressionistic doc captures people who have long been contending with the ravages of war and terror, most recently inflicted by ISIS.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 9 May 2025
The doc by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev, winner of the 2024 Sundance Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary, follows three artists who choose to stay in their native Ukraine amid the ravages of war, armed with their art, their cameras and, for the first time in their lives, their guns.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2024
Clearly repulsed by the ravages of war, Lear kept the girl a secret, presumably went AWOL, and created new identities for them.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 May 2025
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Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
The impressionistic doc captures people who have long been contending with the ravages of war and terror, most recently inflicted by ISIS.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 9 May 2025
The doc by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev, winner of the 2024 Sundance Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary, follows three artists who choose to stay in their native Ukraine amid the ravages of war, armed with their art, their cameras and, for the first time in their lives, their guns.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2024
Clearly repulsed by the ravages of war, Lear kept the girl a secret, presumably went AWOL, and created new identities for them.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 May 2025
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