the ravages of

idiom

literary
: destruction or damage caused by (something)
the ravages of war/disease
sometimes used figuratively
Her face showed the ravages of time.

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Transplants, retirees, and second-homers thought western North Carolina would be a refuge from the ravages of climate change. Seyward Darby, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024 But the ravages of the climate crisis’s worst impacts — including increasingly powerful hurricanes — felt like a problem for another place. Kim Dinan, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024 For millions more, the ravages of climate change are already at their doorstep. Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024 Populist Republicans congratulate themselves on cracking American democracy’s code by promising the public expensive new services and costly protectionist schemes that shield uncompetitive industries from the ravages of the market, all while reducing the tax burden on the majority of taxpayers. Noah Rothman, National Review, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the ravages of 

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