Devastation

/ˌdɛ.vəˈsteɪ.ʃən/

Synonyms for "devastation" (62 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(3 words)

bloodbathblue ruinbreakup carnage confusion consumption damage damnation decimation depopulation

Strong matches (18)

depredation desolation despoilment despoliation destruction disintegration disorganization dispeoplement disruption dissolution

Noun(7 words)

depredations desolation destroying destructiveness devastavit disemboweling distress

Verb(1 words)

destructing

Related words (31)

Noun(12 words)

harrying havoc holocausts murdering ravages ravaging ruin ruining shattering smithereens swattering trauma

havoc hecatomb holocaust loss mayhem perdition pillage ravage ruin ruination shambles slaughter spoliation undoing vandalism waste wrackwrack and ruinwreck

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More general

14 entries

aftermath conclusion deterioration disaster ending feeling impact impairment pillage pillaging plundering ruin ruination termination

More specific

4 entries

economic hardshipextensive damagemassive destructionsocial disruption

Collocations

6 entries

ecological devastationeconomic devastationhumanitarian devastationmassive devastationtotal devastationwidespread devastation

Inflections

1 entries

devastations

Derivations

3 entries

devastate devastated devastating

Sample sentences

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The devastation in Kobe was as terrible as I had imagined.

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Republicans and Democrats, Christians, Atheists, Muslims and all other faiths, Americans and Immigrants, everyone was united in grief for the devastation of 9/11.

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The audience was exposed to the devastation.

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It is said that several victims of the tsunami think that the devastation they saw was the kind that made you cover your eyes.

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