| 单词 | devastation |
| 释义 | devastation (once / 2062 pages) n When there's devastation, there's terrible destruction. You can see the devastation from a violent hurricane and feel devastation over all the people that were injured. When a natural disaster causes widespread death and destruction, that's devastation. This is a strong word that suggests serious damage has occurred, leaving almost nothing left. One knocked over car isn't devastation, but a whole town being wiped out is. People can also feel devastation — it's a kind of extreme sadness or state of feeling emotionally wrecked. WORD FAMILYdevastation: devastations+/devastate: devastated, devastates, devastating, devastation/devastating: devastatingly USAGE EXAMPLESThe remains of the boat were towed back to Jakarta, where images showed the devastation caused by the blaze. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) He said it aimed to mobilize public opinion “in the face of the devastation of unique heritage.” New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) And when some of Ben’s choices lead to disastrous consequences, the nakedness of his devastation is painful to watch. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n the state of being decayed or destroyed Syn|Hypo|Hyper desolation ruin, ruination an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction blighta state or condition being blighted deterioration, impairment a symptom of reduced quality or strength 2n the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed her departure left him in utter devastation Hyper feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states 3n an event that results in total destruction Syn|Hyper desolation ruin, ruination an event that results in destruction 4n the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists Syn|Hypo|Hyper destruction disaster an act that has disastrous consequences killthe destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile laying waste, ruin, ruination, ruining, wreckingdestruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined demolishing, leveling, razing, tearing downcomplete destruction of a building annihilation, obliterationdestruction by annihilating something decimationdestroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) self-destructionthe act of destroying yourself neutralisation, neutralization(euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation) sabotagea deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged extermination, liquidationthe act of exterminating holocaustan act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire) demolitionthe act of demolishing spoliation(law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalismwillful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others atomisation, atomizationannihilation by reducing something to atoms pulverisation, pulverizationannihilation by pulverizing something vaporisation, vaporizationannihilation by vaporizing something bombingthe use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists conclusion, ending, termination the act of ending something 5n plundering with excessive damage and destruction Syn|Hyper ravaging pillage, pillaging, plundering the act of stealing valuable things from a place |
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