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devastation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ravaging |
| Type of | pillaging, plundering, pillage |
| Derivation | devastate |
devastation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | desolation |
| Type of | ruin, ruination |
| Derivation | devastate |
devastation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | destruction |
| Type of | termination, ending, conclusion |
| Has types | neutralization, obliteration, razing, ruin, ruination, ruining, sabotage, self-destruction, spoliation, tearing down, vandalism, annihilation, wrecking, decimation, demolishing, demolition, disaster, extermination, holocaust, hooliganism, kill, laying waste, leveling, liquidation, malicious mischief, neutralisation |
| Derivation | devastate |
devastation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | desolation |
| Type of | impairment, deterioration |
| Has types | ruin, ruination, blight |
| Derivation | devastate |
devastation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | feeling |
| Derivation | devastate |
her departure left him in utter devastation.
Examples of devastation
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It's just incredible, the scope of the devastation, these cars strewn like toys.
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Some eruptions are highly explosive and cause devastation for hundreds of miles.
From the dailyherald.com
That's not just because of the devastation the pandemic has wreaked upon Africa.
From the washingtonpost.com
Local officials say it could take months to clean up the pockets of devastation.
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After seeing the devastation firsthand, Mr. Ban called the scenes heartbreaking.
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Given the current scale of devastation, she says this situation cannot continue.
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While the devastation left Alabamians in shock, it didn't leave them motionless.
From the al.com
In all the devastation wrought by the quake, little looks as bleak as Donghekou.
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Natural disasters are also likelier to cause worse devastation in poorer places.
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- The state of being decayed or destroyed
- The feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devastation"
- An event that results in total destruction
- Ravaging: plundering with excessive damage and destruction
- Destruction: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
- (devastating) annihilating: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
- (devastating) crushing: physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"
- The Du00E9vastation was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy.
- Devastation is a fictional character and DC Comics villain in the Wonder Woman comic book. She was created by Eric Luke and was first introduced in Wonder Woman Vol. 2, issue 143.
