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devastate
dev·as·tate D0177500 (dĕv′ə-stāt′)tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy.2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark.
[Latin dēvāstāre, dēvāstāt- : dē-, de- + vāstāre, to lay waste (from vāstus, empty, desolate; see euə- in Indo-European roots).]
dev′as·tat′ing·ly adv.dev′as·ta′tion n.dev′as·ta′tor n.devastate (ˈdɛvəˌsteɪt) vb (tr) 1. to lay waste or make desolate; ravage; destroy2. to confound or overwhelm, as with grief or shock[C17: from Latin dēvastāre, from de- + vastāre to ravage; related to vastus waste, empty] ˌdevasˈtation n ˈdevasˌtative adj ˈdevasˌtator ndev•as•tate (ˈdɛv əˌsteɪt)
v.t. -tat•ed, -tat•ing. 1. to lay waste; render desolate: The fire devastated the city. 2. to overwhelm, as with shock. [1625–35; < Latin dēvastātus, past participle of dēvastāre=dē- de- + vastāre to make desolate, derivative of vastus desolate] dev`as•ta′tion, n. dev′as•ta`tive, adj. dev′as•ta`tor, n. devastate
Past participle: devastated
Gerund: devastating
| Imperative |
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| devastate | | devastate |
| Present |
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| I devastate | | you devastate | | he/she/it devastates | | we devastate | | you devastate | | they devastate |
| Preterite |
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| I devastated | | you devastated | | he/she/it devastated | | we devastated | | you devastated | | they devastated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am devastating | | you are devastating | | he/she/it is devastating | | we are devastating | | you are devastating | | they are devastating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have devastated | | you have devastated | | he/she/it has devastated | | we have devastated | | you have devastated | | they have devastated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was devastating | | you were devastating | | he/she/it was devastating | | we were devastating | | you were devastating | | they were devastating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had devastated | | you had devastated | | he/she/it had devastated | | we had devastated | | you had devastated | | they had devastated |
| Future |
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| I will devastate | | you will devastate | | he/she/it will devastate | | we will devastate | | you will devastate | | they will devastate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have devastated | | you will have devastated | | he/she/it will have devastated | | we will have devastated | | you will have devastated | | they will have devastated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be devastating | | you will be devastating | | he/she/it will be devastating | | we will be devastating | | you will be devastating | | they will be devastating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been devastating | | you have been devastating | | he/she/it has been devastating | | we have been devastating | | you have been devastating | | they have been devastating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been devastating | | you will have been devastating | | he/she/it will have been devastating | | we will have been devastating | | you will have been devastating | | they will have been devastating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been devastating | | you had been devastating | | he/she/it had been devastating | | we had been devastating | | you had been devastating | | they had been devastating |
| Conditional |
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| I would devastate | | you would devastate | | he/she/it would devastate | | we would devastate | | you would devastate | | they would devastate |
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| I would have devastated | | you would have devastated | | he/she/it would have devastated | | we would have devastated | | you would have devastated | | they would have devastated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | devastate - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"lay waste to, ravage, scourge, desolate, wasteruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"ruin - reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war" | | 2. | devastate - overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |
devastateverb1. destroy, waste, ruin, sack, wreck, spoil, demolish, trash (slang), level, total (slang), ravage, plunder, desolate, pillage, raze, lay waste, despoil A fire devastated large parts of the castle.2. (Informal) shatter, overwhelm, confound, floor (informal) If word of this gets out, it will devastate his family.devastateverbTo destroy completely as or as if by conquering:desolate, ravage, waste.Idiom: lay waste.Translationsdevastate (ˈdevəsteit) verb1. to leave in ruins. The fire devastated the countryside. 蹂躪，毀掉 使荒芜，摧毁 2. to overwhelm (a person) with grief. She was devastated by the terrible news. 使震驚，使悲痛 使震惊，在感情上、精神上等压垮 ˈdevastating adjective overwhelming. a devastating flood; The news was devastating. 具有毀滅性的，令人震驚的 毁灭性的，令人震惊的 devastate
Synonyms for devastateverb destroySynonyms- destroy
- waste
- ruin
- sack
- wreck
- spoil
- demolish
- trash
- level
- total
- ravage
- plunder
- desolate
- pillage
- raze
- lay waste
- despoil
verb shatterSynonyms- shatter
- overwhelm
- confound
- floor
Synonyms for devastateverb to destroy completely as or as if by conqueringSynonymsSynonyms for devastateverb cause extensive destruction or ruin utterlySynonyms- lay waste to
- ravage
- scourge
- desolate
- waste
Related Wordsverb overwhelm or overpowerRelated Words- overwhelm
- sweep over
- whelm
- overpower
- overtake
- overcome
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