The country had been devastated by long war.
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Devastated
Synonyms for "devastated" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (13)
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Translations
43 translations across 13 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 心寒 adj (upset and shocked)
- 毀壞的 /毁坏的 adj (ruined, ravaged)
- 痛不欲生 adj (upset and shocked)
- 頹靡 /颓靡 adj (upset and shocked)
Dutch
1 entries- kapot adj (upset and shocked)
Finnish
4 entries- hävitetty adj (ruined, ravaged)
- järkyttynyt adj (upset and shocked)
- murtunut adj (upset and shocked)
- tuhottu adj (ruined, ravaged)
French
4 entries- dévasté adj (ruined, ravaged)
- dévasté adj (upset and shocked)
- ravagé adj (ruined, ravaged)
- ruiné adj (ruined, ravaged)
German
4 entries- am Boden zerstört adj (upset and shocked)
- gebrochen adj (upset and shocked)
- verheert adj (ruined, ravaged)
- verwüstet adj (ruined, ravaged)
Italian
2 entries- devastato adj (ruined, ravaged)
- devastato adj (upset and shocked)
Māori
2 entries- anea adj (ruined, ravaged)
- ngaukino adj (upset and shocked)
Polish
4 entries- zdemolowany adj (ruined, ravaged)
- zdruzgotany adj (upset and shocked)
- zniszczony adj (ruined, ravaged)
- zruinowany adj (ruined, ravaged)
Portuguese
3 entries- arruinado adj (ruined, ravaged)
- devastado adj (ruined, ravaged)
- devastado adj (upset and shocked)
Russian
4 entries- безуте́шный adj (upset and shocked)
- огорчённый adj (upset and shocked)
- опустошённый adj (ruined, ravaged)
- пода́вленный adj (upset and shocked)
Spanish
2 entries- devastado adj (ruined, ravaged)
- devastado adj (upset and shocked)
Swedish
3 entries- förkrossad adj (upset and shocked)
- förstörd adj (ruined, ravaged)
- ödelagd adj (ruined, ravaged)
Welsh
3 entries- anrheithiedig adj (ruined, ravaged)
- difrodedig adj (ruined, ravaged)
- echrydedig adj (upset and shocked)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
This area is devastated.
Source: tatoeba (57922)
The city is completely devastated.
Source: tatoeba (637329)
Since a large area was devastated by the Tohoku earthquake of 2011, a sustained help effort is sought.
Source: tatoeba (896066)
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