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(devəsteɪʃən) uncountable nounDevastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage. A huge bomb blast brought chaos and devastation to the city yesterday. Synonyms: destruction, ruin, havoc, ravages More Synonyms of devastation More Synonyms of devastation devastation in American English (ˌdɛvəˈsteɪʃən) noun a devastating or being devastated; destruction; desolation Examples of 'devastation' in a sentencedevastation And now there was the brute fact of the devastation around him.Berlin had not been his childhood home as it had been Mutti's but the devastation was still shocking.Sometimes Kenworthy thought that even worse than the devastation of modern weapons were the incidental side-effects of war on men.She needed to sit in the midst of life that had survived incredible devastation. In other languagesdevastation British English: devastation NOUN Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage. The war brought massive devastation and loss of life to the region. - American English: devastation
- Brazilian Portuguese: devastação
- Chinese: 毁坏
- European Spanish: devastación
- French: dévastation
- German: Verwüstung
- Italian: devastazione
- Japanese: 壊滅
- Korean: 황폐화
- European Portuguese: devastação
- Latin American Spanish: devastación
A huge bomb blast brought devastation to the centre of the city. Synonyms ravages ruination spoliation There are no words to describe the sense of devastation felt by both families. Additional synonymsDefinition great mental pain A cry of anguish burst from her lips. Synonyms suffering, pain, torture, distress, grief, misery, agony, torment, sorrow, woe, heartache, heartbreak, pang, throe the total demolition of the old bridge Synonyms knocking down, levelling, destruction, explosion, wrecking, tearing down, bulldozing, razing Definition plundering Crops can be decimated by the unchecked depredations of deer. Synonyms destruction, ravaging, devastation, ransacking, pillage, plunder, marauding, laying waste, despoiling, rapine, spoliation |