🌪️devastate

verb
/ˈdɛvəˌsteɪt/

Meaning

to cause severe and overwhelming destruction or damage

Example Sentences

The hurricane devastated the coastal town.

Synonyms

destroy, ruin, demolish, wreck

Antonyms

build, create, restore

Collocations

devastate a city, devastate a region, devastating effects

Related Vocabularies

to confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding
to inflict serious damage on something, often by cutting or tearing
to give information about something; to make an official statement
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Planned or coordinated carefully and deliberately.
to complain in an annoying way; to make a high-pitched sound

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