devastated

verbdemolish, destroy

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Synonyms for devastated

verb demolish, destroy

Antonyms for devastated

More words related to devastated

destroyed

adjective. ruined

finished

adjective. consumed, used up

lost

adjective. extinct, destroyed

overwhelmed

adjective. beaten

Word Origin & History

1630s, perhaps a back-formation from devastation. Apparently not common until 19c.; earlier verb form devast is attested from 1530s, from Middle French devaster. Related: devastated; devastating.

Example Sentences for devastated

We went on with some difficulty, trying to find the road in these devastated plains.

For property that had been devastated or destroyed a similar maximum of compensation was voted.

The country was devastated by fire and to the last degree inhospitable.

I have no child, my house is destroyed, my fields are devastated.

What assurance could there be that the precious pearl-bed would not be devastated?

The wind dropped with the sun, leaving a maddened sea and a devastated sky.

A girl's voice, sighing and singing, from deep in that devastated spot.

Boston, Charleston, Baltimore, Pittsburg in turn were devastated.

He revelled in the beautiful woods so often devastated by forest fires.

The eleventh also devastated our country, in 1103, and the ravages were dreadful.