devastate
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əˌsteɪt verb (used with object), dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing.
1.
to lay waste; render desolate: The invaders devastated the city. Synonyms: destroy, sack, despoil, raze, ruin, level. Antonyms: create, erect, develop.
2.
to overwhelm.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to lay waste or make desolate; ravage; destroy |
| 2. | to confound or overwhelm, as with grief or shock |
| [C17: from Latin dēvastāre, from | |
| devas'tation | |
| —n | |
| 'devastative | |
| —adj | |
| 'devastator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
devastate
1630s, probably a back-formation from devastation, but apparently not common until 19c.; earlier verb form devast is attested from 1530s, from Fr. devaster. Related: devastated.
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Example sentences
These boots are designed to acclimatize and devastate.
Their next move was to found yet another start-up-this time, one that threatened to devastate the television industry.
Pit closures still have the ability to wound but not to devastate.
If it's genetic she may have to be put down and it would devastate me.
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