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Devastation

Devastation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Devastation? [n] termination by an act of destruction [n] plundering with excessive damage and destruction [n] an event that results in total destruction [n] the feeling of being counfounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devasation" [n] the state of being decayed or destroyed Synonyms \| Synonyms for Devastation: desolation \| desolation \| destruction \| ravaging Related Terms \| Find terms related to Devastation: bloodbath \| blue ruin \| breakup \| carnage \| confusion \| consumption \| damnation \| decimation \| depopulation \| depredation \| desolation \| despoilment \| despoliation \| destruction \| disintegration \| disorganization \| dispeoplement \| disruption \| dissolution \| havoc \| hecatomb \| holocaust \| loss \| perdition \| ravage \| ruin \| ruination \| shambles \| slaughter \| spoliation \| undoing \| vandalism \| waste \| wrack \| wrack and ruin \| wreck See Also \| annihilation \| blight \| conclusion \| decimation \| demolishing \| demolition \| deterioration \| disaster \| ending \| extermination \| feeling \| holocaust \| hooliganism \| impairment \| kill \| laying waste \| leveling \| liquidation \| malicious mischief \| obliteration \| pillage \| pillaging \| plundering \| razing \| ruin \| ruin \| ruin \| ruination \| ruination \| ruination \| ruining \| sabotage \| self-destruction \| spoliation \| tearing down \| termination \| vandalism \| wrecking Devastation In Webster's Dictionary \Dev`as*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]vastation.] 1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste. Even now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done. --Goldsmith. 2. (Law) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator. --Blackstone. Syn: Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin; overthrow.

Devastation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Devastation?

[n] termination by an act of destruction
[n] plundering with excessive damage and destruction
[n] an event that results in total destruction
[n] the feeling of being counfounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devasation"
[n] the state of being decayed or destroyed

Synonyms | Synonyms for Devastation: desolation | desolation | destruction | ravaging

Devastation In Webster's Dictionary

\Dev`as*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]vastation.]
1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated;
   a laying waste.

         Even now the devastation is begun, And half the
         business of destruction done.         --Goldsmith.

2. (Law) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or
   administrator. --Blackstone.

Syn: Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin;
     overthrow.

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