What does devastate mean?
Definitions for devastate
ˈdɛv əˌsteɪtdev·as·tate
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Princeton's WordNet
lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourgeverb
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
devastateverb
overwhelm or overpower
"He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
Wiktionary
devastateverb
To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
devastateverb
To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
devastateverb
To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
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devastate
To devastate is to cause severe and extensive damage or destruction to something or someone. It can also refer to causing severe emotional distress or shock. It can occur in context of natural phenomenon, wars, personal experiences, or tragedies.
Webster Dictionary
Devastateverb
to lay waste; to ravage; to desolate
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Devastate
dev′as-tāt, v.t. to lay waste: to plunder.—ns. Devastā′tion, act of devastating: state of being devastated: havoc; Devastā′vit, a waste of the estate of a deceased person by the executor. [L. devastāre, ātum—de, inten., vastāre, to lay waste.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of devastate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of devastate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of devastate in a Sentence
If we're going to have a lower (defense) number than the president of the United States is proposing, we have no credibility on saying that we are committed to defending this nation -- not when every service chief, every witness before our committee says it will devastate ... our ability to defend the nation, you can't do that and claim that you care about national defense.
Waking upthis morning to see Minneapolis on fire would be something that would devastate Floyd, he loved the city. He came here [from Houston] and stayed here for the people and the opportunities. Floyd was a gentle giant. He was about love and about peace.
This variant is spreading quickly, and this variant has the ability to devastate those in its wake, and that is why it is so critical to get vaccinated now.
As Covid-19 continues to claim lives and devastate communities, the administration is knowingly moving to expand this policy, there is no excuse for this brazen disregard for people's health and rights.
Obviously there are a lot of other diseases that devastate peoples' lives, my hope would be that they get the resources they need for research as well.
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