Meaning of DEVASTATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'devu`steyt
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | desolate, lay waste to, ravage, waste |
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| | See Also: | | destroy, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, ruin, sweep over, whelm | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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