| NOUN | state | devastation, desolation | the state of being decayed or destroyed |
|---|---|---|---|
| feeling | devastation | the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed | |
| event | devastation, desolation | an event that results in total destruction | |
| act | devastation, ravaging | plundering with excessive damage and destruction | |
| act | devastation, destruction | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists |
| Sounds | deh.vahstey'shahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The state of being decayed or destroyed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | desolation | |
| Narrower | blight | A state or condition being blighted |
| ruin, ruination | An irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction | |
| Broader | deterioration, impairment | A symptom of reduced quality or strength |
| Spanish | desolación, devastación | |
| Catalan | desolació, devastació | |
| Verbs | devastate | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |
| Meaning | The feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "her departure left him in utter devastation" | |
| Broader | feeling | The experiencing of affective and emotional states |
| Verbs | devastate | overwhelm or overpower |
| Meaning | An event that results in total destruction. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | desolation | |
| Broader | ruin, ruination | An event that results in destruction |
| Spanish | desolación, devastación | |
| Catalan | desolació, devastació | |
| Verbs | devastate | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |
| Meaning | plundering with excessive damage and destruction. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | ravaging | |
| Broader | plundering, pillage, pillaging | The act of stealing valuable things from a place |
| Spanish | devastación, estrago | |
| Catalan | devastació | |
| Verbs | devastate | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |
| Meaning | The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | destruction | |
| Narrower | annihilation, obliteration | Destruction by annihilating something |
| decimation | Destroying or killing a large / large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) | |
| demolition | The act of demolishing | |
| disaster | An act that has disastrous consequences | |
| extermination, liquidation | The act of exterminating | |
| holocaust | An act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire) | |
| kill | The destruction of an enemy / enemy plane or ship or tank or missile | |
| laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking | Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | |
| neutralization, neutralisation | (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation) | |
| razing, leveling, tearing down, demolishing | complete destruction of a building | |
| sabotage | A deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged | |
| self-destruction | The act of destroying yourself | |
| spoliation | (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence | |
| vandalism, hooliganism, malicious mischief | Willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others | |
| Broader | termination, ending, conclusion | The act of ending something |
| Spanish | destrucción, devastación | |
| Catalan | destrucció, devastació | |
| Verbs | devastate | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |
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