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Definition of devastate

overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

Similar Words: lay waste to, waste, desolate, ravage, scourge

Hyponyms: ruin

Derivational Morphology: devastation, bane, curse, scourge, nemesis, ravage, depredation, ravaging, bleakness, desolation, destruction, destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter

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