ravage
In the XVI century, their dwelling was reduced to ashes by the soldiers who were ravaging the Dauphiné (Wars of Religion) and the chapel was half destroyed. | En el siglo XVI la habitación fue reducida a cenizas por la soldadesca que asolaba el Delfinado (guerras de religión) y la capilla fue medio destruida. |
Very quickly, the family found itself in great and hard economic restriction due to incessant revolutions that were ravaging South America in general and Ecuador in particular. | Pronto la familia se encontró en grandes apuros económicos, debido a las constantes revoluciones que trastornaron a la América del Sur en general y a Ecuador en particular. |
Those who fled Europe to the Americas did so for greed, to escape oppression, to escape crop shortages that were ravaging an over populated Europe, or for adventure. | Quienes abandonaron Europa para viajar a América lo hicieron por codicia, para escapar de la opresión, para escapar de las cosechas perdidas que estaban diezmando a una sobre poblada Europa, y en busca de la aventura. |
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