About The Word Devastate
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Devastate
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What's The Definition Of Devastate?
[v] overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
[v] devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" Synonyms | Synonyms for Devastate: desolate | lay waste to | ravage | waste Related Terms | Find terms related to Devastate: abash | bring to ruin | chagrin | condemn | confound | consume | damn | deal destruction | decimate | demolish | depopulate | depredate | desecrate | desolate | despoil | destroy | devour | discombobulate | discomfit | disconcert | dispeople | dissolve | embarrass | engorge | flatten | floor | gobble | gobble up | gut | gut with fire | havoc | humiliate | incinerate | lay in ruins | lay waste | level | mortify | nonplus | obliterate | overwhelm | pillage | ravage | raze | ruin | ruinate | sack | shatter | shipwreck | shock | spoil | spoliate | swallow up | take aback | throw into disorder | unleash destruction | unleash the hurricane | unpeople | upheave | vandalize | vaporize | waste | wrack | wreak havoc | wreck See Also | destroy | overcome | overpower | overtake | overwhelm | ruin | sweep over | whelm Devastate In Webster's Dictionary \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Devastated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devastating}.] [L. devastatus,
p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste,
vastus waste. See {Vast}.]
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay.
Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder;
pillage.
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