devastated
adjective
dev·as·tat·ed ˈde-və-ˌstā-təd 
1
: brought to a state of ruin or destruction
Dr. Dawdy, a 38-year-old assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago, is one of the more unusual relief workers among the thousands who have come to the devastated expanses of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
John Schwartz
John SchwartzI present here a steady flow model for the blast dynamics and propose that through much of the devastated area the blast was a supersonic flow of a complex multiphase (solid, liquid, vapour) mixture. Susan Werner Kieffer
Susan Werner Kieffer2
: emotionally shattered or distraught
Doug never called. He dumped me for the cheerleader, and I was, in the parlance of teen-age romance, absolutely devastated. Marialisa Calta
Marialisa CaltaMr. Jacoby was devastated; he felt he was a proven winner and should not be yanked for one bad half. Ira Berkow
Ira Berkow
Word History
First Known Use
1792, in the meaning defined at sense 1
devastated 1 of 2
adjective
as in destroyed
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- destroyed
- ruined
- wrecked
- demolished
- damaged
- collapsed
- pulverized
- mutilated
- disintegrated
- imploded
- obliterated
- mangled
- cracked
- split
- splintered
- ruinate
- exploded
- defaced
- shattered
- eradicated
- exterminated
- dynamited
- extirpated
- blasted
- broken
- fragile
- detonated
- fragmented
- wiped out
- fractured
- smashed
- busted
- brittle
- slivered
- breakable
- frail
- frangible
- delicate
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- repaired
- unbroken
- reconstructed
- rebuilt
- healed
- fixed
- mended
- patched
- unbreakable
- infrangible
devastated
2 of 2verb
1
as in ravaged
to bring destruction to (something) through violent action the city was devastated, first by the earthquake and then by fires Synonyms & Similar Words
- ravaged
- destroyed
- ruined
- wrecked
- scourged
- overwhelmed
- shattered
- plundered
- desolated
- despoiled
- obliterated
- sacked
- decimated
- looted
- stripped
- pillaged
- wracked
- demolished
- annihilated
- eradicated
- vaporized
- harried
- wasted
- extirpated
- extinguished
- smashed
- wiped out
- totaled
- expunged
- razed
- marauded
- nuked
- rubbed out
- totalled
- mowed
- forayed
- overpowered
- overran
- overthrew
- crushed
- stript
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- recovered
- restored
- rehabilitated
- redeemed
- repaired
- fixed
- reconditioned
- mended
- revamped
- patched
2
as in ruined
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of the explosion devastated an entire city block Synonyms & Similar Words
- destroyed
- ruined
- shattered
- demolished
- wrecked
- damaged
- smashed
- ravaged
- decimated
- desolated
- wasted
- annihilated
- crippled
- overcame
- wracked
- eroded
- razed
- extinguished
- pulverized
- killed
- vaporized
- marred
- totaled
- crushed
- defeated
- injured
- dismantled
- rubbed out
- blasted
- broke
- creamed
- nuked
- tore down
- removed
- subdued
- pulled down
- did in
- spoiled
- deteriorated
- totalled
- conquered
- harmed
- impaired
- disintegrated
- disfigured
- mutilated
- gutted
- clobbered
- obliterated
- bested
- thrashed
- overmatched
- mangled
- licked
- trounced
- dynamited
- dissolved
- dilapidated
- eradicated
- scotched
- scoured
- trimmed
- routed
- slaughtered
- mastered
- assassinated
- despoiled
- surmounted
- defaced
- murdered
- whipped
- sacked
- spoilt
- plundered
- looted
- vandalized
- trampled
- vitiated
- exterminated
- trashed
- blew up
- massacred
- washed out
- liquidated
- pillaged
- beat
- extirpated
- drubbed
- disassembled
- took down
- walloped
- wiped out
- undid
- unmade
- effaced
- skunked
- unbuilt
- butchered
- expunged
- triumphed (over)
- felled
- prevailed (over)
- blotted out
- dispatched
- won (against)
- executed
- cut down
- zapped
- killed off
- havocked
- swept (away)
- wore (away)
- took out
- overbore
- slew
- snuffed (out)
- stamped (out)
- rooted (out)
- mowed (down)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- built
- constructed
- repaired
- reared
- raised
- erected
- created
- fixed
- produced
- made
- invented
- formed
- manufactured
- protected
- shaped
- assembled
- saved
- established
- organized
- set up
- rebuilt
- preserved
- brought about
- forged
- founded
- mended
- revamped
- restored
- framed
- molded
- reconditioned
- constituted
- patched
- fashioned
- fabricated
- instituted
- put up
- reconstructed
- conserved
- doctored
- fathered
- renovated
- remodeled
3
as in overwhelmed
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress we were devastated by the awful news of his death Synonyms & Similar Words
- overwhelmed
- crushed
- overcame
- disturbed
- oppressed
- swamped
- rocked
- floored
- upset
- overpowered
- prostrated
- shattered
- drowned
- whelmed
- defeated
- overmastered
- distressed
- deluged
- snowed under
- sunk
- unnerved
- sank
- demoralized
- ground (down)
- staggered
- refuted
- threw
- broke
- confuted
- unmanned