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Word: devastate (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • Break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
  • Destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
  • 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.

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