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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Paradise, even before it was lost, needed to be regained, each day’s work undoing the ravages of the day before.
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Katie Kadue, The New Yorker, 17 July 2024
All this said, what was proven in the debate is that he has been diminished by the ravages of time and mental impairment.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 July 2024
Pettitt, who wasn’t involved in the research, said that visual culture might have been common among early modern humans in Africa and elsewhere but perhaps it was done on organic and perishable materials such as tree bark that didn’t withstand the ravages of time.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 July 2024
Adding to a decade of stagnation, the ravages of COVID-19 have had a severe effect on Indians’ economic outlook.
—Arvind Subramanian, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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Katie Kadue, The New Yorker, 17 July 2024
All this said, what was proven in the debate is that he has been diminished by the ravages of time and mental impairment.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 July 2024
Pettitt, who wasn’t involved in the research, said that visual culture might have been common among early modern humans in Africa and elsewhere but perhaps it was done on organic and perishable materials such as tree bark that didn’t withstand the ravages of time.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 July 2024
Adding to a decade of stagnation, the ravages of COVID-19 have had a severe effect on Indians’ economic outlook.
—Arvind Subramanian, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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