devastate 音标拼音: [d'ɛvəst
, et]
vt . 毁坏
毁坏
devastate v 1 :
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly ; "
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion " [
synonym : {
lay waste to }, {
waste }, {
devastate }, {
desolate }, {
ravage },
{
scourge }]
2 :
overwhelm or overpower ; "
He was devastated by his grief when his son died "
Devastate \
Dev "
as *
tate \ (?;
277 ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Devastated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Devastating }.] [
L .
devastatus ,
p .
p .
of devastare to devastate ;
de vastare to lay waste ,
vastus waste .
See {
Vast }.]
To lay waste ;
to ravage ;
to desolate .
[
1913 Webster ]
Whole countries . . .
were devastated . --
Macaulay .
Syn :
To waste ;
ravage ;
desolate ;
destroy ;
demolish ;
plunder ;
pillage .
[
1913 Webster ]
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "
devastate ":
abash ,
bring to ruin ,
chagrin ,
condemn ,
confound ,
consume ,
damn ,
deal destruction ,
decimate ,
demolish ,
depopulate ,
depredate ,
desecrate ,
desolate ,
despoil ,
destroy ,
devour ,
discombobulate ,
discomfit ,
disconcert ,
dispeople ,
dissolve ,
embarrass ,
engorge ,
flatten ,
floor ,
gobble ,
gobble up ,
gut ,
gut with fire ,
havoc ,
humiliate ,
incinerate ,
lay in ruins ,
lay waste ,
level ,
mortify ,
nonplus ,
obliterate ,
overwhelm ,
pillage ,
ravage ,
raze ,
ruin ,
ruinate ,
sack ,
shatter ,
shipwreck ,
shock ,
spoil ,
spoliate ,
swallow up ,
take aback ,
throw into disorder ,
unleash destruction ,
unleash the hurricane ,
unpeople ,
upheave ,
vandalize ,
vaporize ,
waste ,
wrack ,
wreak havoc ,
wreck
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