devastatedadjective
uk/ˈdev.ə.steɪ.tɪd/us/ˈdev.ə.steɪ.t̬ɪd/devastated adjective (DESTROYED)
completely destroyed:
Thousands of people have left their devastated villages and fled to the mountains.
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- I was devastated when the doctor told me the news.
- She adored her elder brother, and she was devastated when he died.
- They're appealing for clothes and blankets to send to the devastated region.
- The area has been devastated by war.
- The earthquake devastated the town and left thousands homeless.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
In bad condition
- battered
- battle-scarred
- be on the skids idiom
- beat up
- blasted
- have seen better days idiom
- hors de combat
- impair
- in good, bad, etc. repair idiom
- kaput
- scuff
- shabby
- shattered
- shop-soiled
- shopworn
- worn out
- worse
- worsen
- wrack
- wrecked
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devastated adjective (VERY UPSET)
C1 very shocked and upset:
She was utterly devastated when her husband died.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- apocalypse
- be sacrificed on the altar of sth idiom
- blast
- blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come idiom
- kill sth off
- kill the goose that lays the golden egg idiom
- knock
- knock sth down
- knock sth out
- sacrifice
- sink
- smash
- stave sth in
- take sb/sth out
- tear 1
- tear sth apart
- tear sth down
- teardown
- wipe
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