TidyData WordsBrowse A–Z

devastate

/dˈɛvəstˌeɪt/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

verb

  1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
    “The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion”
  2. overwhelm or overpower
    “He was devastated by his grief when his son died”

Synonyms for devastate

Words that rhyme with devastate

Developers: get definitions, synonyms, antonyms, rhymes and pronunciation for 147,000 words as JSON with the English Dictionary API (free trial).