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- pronunciation:
- de
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steIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
devastates, devastating, devastated |
| definition 1: |
to ravage or lay waste, as by war or natural disaster.
Fire devastated the village.- synonyms:
- destroy, lay waste, ravage, ruin
- similar words:
- blight, consume, demolish, desolate, harry, overwhelm, rape, wreck
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| definition 2: |
to upset greatly; have an overwhelming effect on.
The news of his death devastated our family.- synonyms:
- overcome, overwhelm
- similar words:
- desolate, hit, ravish, upset
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| related words: |
abolish, blast, burst, decay, destroy, exterminate, level, obliterate, poison, raze, shatter, smash, waste, wither |
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| derivations: |
devastating (adj.), devastatingly (adv.) |
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