Past tense of ravage
regular verb
The past tense of ravage is ravaged. The past participle is also ravaged.
Forms of ravage
| Base form (V1) | ravage /ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | ravaged |
| Past participle (V3) | ravaged |
| Present participle | ravaging |
| Third person singular | ravages |
Ravaged in a sentence
- Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued.1953, Ian Fleming, “Rouge et Noir”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 48
- Ravaged and unpetalled, the rose twists its thin stem into the void.1994, Sylvie Germain, The Medusa Child. From the entry unpetalled
- The caption, of a Tarzan cruelly ravaged by time, is 'But even the beautiful can age.'1993 November 28, “You never forget a good nanny”, in The Guardian, Manchester. From the entry Tarzan
- The fishers who live here left for the mainland only days ago as an unseasonable October storm ravaged the islands.2021 December, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 43, column 1. From the entry fisher
- There, captured in the wonderglow, sterilized and motionless, were all the things that had ravaged him and finally left him lame.2019, James Webb, Fields of Fire. From the entry wonderglow
Meaning of ravage
- verb To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
- verb To pillage or plunder destructively; to sack.
- verb To wreak destruction.
Questions about the past tense of ravage
- What is the past tense of ravage?
- The past tense of ravage is ravaged.
- What is the past participle of ravage?
- The past participle of ravage is ravaged.
- Is ravage a regular or irregular verb?
- Ravage is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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