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devastate

verb

1 devastate

Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.

synonyms: desolate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste.

Roget 162: be destroyed &c.; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, ... show more

Dutch: verwoesten

2 devastate

Overwhelm or overpower.


Moby thesaurus: abash, bring to ruin, chagrin, condemn, confound, consume, damn, deal destruction, decimate, demolish, depopulate, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devour, discombobulate, discomfit, disconcert ... show more.

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