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Detailed Synonyms for devastate in English

devastate:

to devastate verb (devastates, devastated, devastating)

  1. to devastate
    destruct; to ruin; to eliminate; to devastate; to wreck; to liquidate; to work to death; to exhaust; to lay waste; to wear out
    • destruct verb
    • ruin verb (ruins, ruined, ruining)
    • eliminate verb (eliminates, eliminated, eliminating)
    • devastate verb (devastates, devastated, devastating)
    • wreck verb (wrecks, wrecked, wrecking)
    • liquidate verb (liquidates, liquidated, liquidating)
    • work to death verb (works to death, worked to death, working to death)
    • exhaust verb (exhausts, exhausted, exhausting)
    • lay waste verb (lays waste, laid waste, laying waste)
    • wear out verb (wears out, wore out, wearing out)
  2. to devastate
    to destroy; to devastate; to ruin; to lay waste
    • destroy verb (destroies, destroyed, destroying)
    • devastate verb (devastates, devastated, devastating)
    • ruin verb (ruins, ruined, ruining)
    • lay waste verb (lays waste, laid waste, laying waste)
  3. to devastate
    – overwhelm or overpower 1
    to devastate
    – overwhelm or overpower 1
    • devastate verb (devastates, devastated, devastating)
      • He was devastated by his grief when his son died1
  4. to devastate
    – cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly 1
    to waste; to devastate; desolate; to scourge; to ravage; lay waste to
    – cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly 1
    • waste verb (wastes, wasted, wasting)
    • devastate verb (devastates, devastated, devastating)
    • desolate verb
    • scourge verb (scourges, scourged, scourging)
    • ravage verb (ravages, ravaged, ravaging)
    • lay waste to verb
      • The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion1

Conjugations for devastate:

present
  1. devastate
  2. devastate
  3. devastates
  4. devastate
  5. devastate
  6. devastate
simple past
  1. devastated
  2. devastated
  3. devastated
  4. devastated
  5. devastated
  6. devastated
present perfect
  1. have devastated
  2. have devastated
  3. has devastated
  4. have devastated
  5. have devastated
  6. have devastated
past continuous
  1. was devastating
  2. were devastating
  3. was devastating
  4. were devastating
  5. were devastating
  6. were devastating
future
  1. shall devastate
  2. will devastate
  3. will devastate
  4. shall devastate
  5. will devastate
  6. will devastate
continuous present
  1. am devastating
  2. are devastating
  3. is devastating
  4. are devastating
  5. are devastating
  6. are devastating
subjunctive
  1. be devastated
  2. be devastated
  3. be devastated
  4. be devastated
  5. be devastated
  6. be devastated
diverse
  1. devastate!
  2. let's devastate!
  3. devastated
  4. devastating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "devastate":

  1. overwhelm or overpower1
    • He was devastated by his grief when his son died1
  2. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly1