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- DictionaryDev·as·tate/ˈdevəˌstāt/
verb
- 1. destroy or ruin (something): "the city was devastated by a huge earthquake"
The meaning of DEVASTATE is to bring to ruin or desolation by violent action. How to use devastate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Devastate.
verb (used with object) , dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing. to lay waste; render desolate: The invaders devastated the city. Synonyms: level, ruin, raze, despoil, sack, destroy. Antonyms: develop, erect, create. to overwhelm, as with grief or dismay: Those rumors appeared to have devastated her.
DEVASTATE definition: 1. to destroy a place or thing completely or cause great damage 2. to make someone feel very…. Learn more.
to cause great damage or suffering to something or someone, or to violently destroy a place: Waves of corporate downsizing have devastated employee morale. I was so devastated I was crying constantly. The town was devastated by a hurricane in 1928.
To devastate is to cause destruction to or overwhelm. Really bad news can devastate a person, or leave them devastated. They are so upset, they feel crushed. A basketball team can devastate an opponent by running roughshod over their defense.
1. to lay waste or make desolate; ravage; destroy. 2. to confound or overwhelm, as with grief or shock. [C17: from Latin dēvastāre, from de- + vastāre to ravage; related to vastus waste, empty] ˌdevasˈtation n. ˈdevasˌtative adj. ˈdevasˌtator n.
Definition of devastate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 meanings: 1. to lay waste or make desolate; ravage; destroy 2. to confound or overwhelm, as with grief or shock.... Click for more definitions.
Devastate Definition. To lay waste; make desolate; ravage; destroy. To make helpless; overwhelm. The teacher's criticism devastated him. To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
DEVASTATE definition: to destroy or damage something very badly: . Learn more.
