Devastation

//ˌdɛ.vəˈsteɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "devastation" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

desolation destruction havoc ravage waste bloodbath blue ruin breakup calamity carnage

Strong matches (14)

confusion consumption damage damnation decimation depopulation depredation despoilment despoliation disintegration disorganization

Noun(3 words)

desolation destruction devastavit

Related words (24)

dispeoplement disruption dissolution hecatomb holocaust loss mayhem perdition pillage plunder rapine ravaging ruin ruination shambles slaughter spoliation undoing vandalism wrack

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wrack and ruin wreck

Noun(2 words)

havoc ravaging

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

11 entries

conclusion deterioration ending feeling impairment pillage pillaging plundering ruin ruination termination

Synonyms

8 entries

desolation destruction havoc pillage rapine ravage ravaging waste

derived

1 entries

devastational

has context

1 entries

law

is a

3 entries

deterioration feeling ruin

related to

10 entries

administrator assets deceased devastate devastating devastavit executor lay waste misapplication waste

Translations

51 translations across 22 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

опустоше́ние noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Catalan

1 entries

devastació noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Dutch

1 entries

verwoesting noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

French

1 entries

dévastation noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Galician

1 entries

devastación noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Georgian

4 entries

აოხრება noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
განადგურება noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
გაპარტახება noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
გაჩანაგება noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

German

4 entries

Verheeren noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
Verheerung noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
Verwüsten noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
Verwüstung noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Greek

3 entries

αφανισμός noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
καταστροφή noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
συντριβή noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Hindi

1 entries

नाश noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Hungarian

2 entries

pusztulás noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
pusztítás noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Irish

4 entries

buairt noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
bánú noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
croíbhriseadh noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
léirscrios noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Kazakh

2 entries

ойрандалу noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
қаңырау noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Macedonian

1 entries

пустош noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Malay

4 entries

kehancuran noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
kemusnahan noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
pemusnahan noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
penghancuran noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Māori

2 entries

anea noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
aneatanga noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

خراب noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Polish

1 entries

dewastacja noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Portuguese

1 entries

devastação noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Romanian

1 entries

devastare noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Russian

2 entries

опустоше́ние noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
разоре́ние noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Spanish

4 entries

arrasamiento noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
asolamiento noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
devastación noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)
quebranto noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Swedish

1 entries

ödeläggelse noun (act of devastating or state of being devastated)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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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.

Source: tatoeba (877481)

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.

Source: tatoeba (1943647)

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