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   Dev·as·ta·tion

   /ˌdevəˈstāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. great destruction or damage: "the floods caused widespread devastation" Similar destructionruindesolationdepredationwastehavocwreckageruinsravageslaying wastedestructionwreckingruinationdespoliationransackingravagingdemolitionrazinglevelingflatteningannihilationliterary:rapeshocktraumaupheavaldistressstressstrainpainanguishsufferingupsetagonymiserysorrowgriefheartacheheartbreaktorturetraumatization
   • 2. severe and overwhelming shock or grief: "she spoke of her devastation at his death"

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   • E

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   • V

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