Devastate

/ˈdev.ə.stæɪt/

Synonyms for "devastate" (145 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Verb(8 words)

destroy ruin cindered decimate decimated decimates deface demoralize

abash blastbring to ruinchagrin condemn confound consume crush damndeal destructiondecimate deflower demolish depopulate depredate desecrate

Noun(5 words)

bankrupt bankrupts crushing deathblows decimating

Strong matches (44)

desolate despoil destroy devour discombobulate discomfit disconcert dispeople dissolve embarrass engorge flatten floor gobblegobble upgutgut with firehavoc humiliate incinerate

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killlay in ruinslay wastelevel mortify

Verb(18 words)

desolate desolated desolates desolatingdestroy artdestroy lifedestroyed destruct destructed destructing destructs disembowelled distress gutted immolatedlay waste tolevel massacred

Noun(1 words)

heartbreaks

Related words (72)

Noun(19 words)

most continuous tearingnapalming napalms nukes nuking pulverizing rampage rampages rampaging rape ravages ravaging ravening ruins savages scythes shattering smiting wrecks

Verb(17 words)

napalmed overwhelm ravage ravaged razeruin moraleruined savaged scorches scourge slaughtered torched torpedoed waste wreaks wreck wrecked

nonplus obliterate overwhelm pillage plunder pull pulverize raid ravage raze rebut rout ruin ruinate sack shatter shipwreck shock spoil spoliate

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stagger stripswallow uptake abackthrow into disorderunleash destructionunleash the hurricaneunpeople upheave uproot vandalize vaporize waste wrackwreak havocwreck

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries

damage destroy harm overcome overpower overtake overwhelm ruinsweep overwhelm

More specific

5 entries

break moraledestroy confidencelevel raze wreck

Collocations

5 entries

economic devastationextensive damageinfrastructure destructionpopulation displacementsevere damage

Inflections

3 entries

devastated devastates devastating

Derivations

4 entries

devastating devastatingly devastation devastator

Sample sentences

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The news will certainly devastate him.

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The flood waters will devastate the nearby town.

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This could devastate Algeria's economy.

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Somalia’s South West state is one of the places the United Nations expects famine to arise as the prolonged and worst drought in 40 years continues to devastate the country.

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