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Detailed Synonyms for devastating in English

devastating:

devastating adj

  1. devastating
  2. devastating
    – wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction 1
    devastating; withering; annihilating; annihilative
    – wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction 1
  3. devastating
    – physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination 1
    devastating; crushing
    – physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination 1
  4. devastating
    – making light of 1
    devastating; withering; annihilating
    – making light of 1
    • devastating adj
      • a devastating portrait of human folly1
    • withering adj
      • to compliments inflated I've a withering reply1
    • annihilating adj
      • afire with annihilating invective1

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Related Definitions for "devastating":

  1. wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction1
    • a devastating hurricane1
  2. physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination1
  3. making light of1
    • a devastating portrait of human folly1

devastate:

to devastate verbe (devastates, devastated, devastating)

  1. to devastate
    destruct; to ruin; to eliminate; to devastate; to wreck; to liquidate; to work to death; to exhaust; to lay waste; to wear out
    • destruct verbe
    • ruin verbe (ruins, ruined, ruining)
    • eliminate verbe (eliminates, eliminated, eliminating)
    • devastate verbe (devastates, devastated, devastating)
    • wreck verbe (wrecks, wrecked, wrecking)
    • liquidate verbe (liquidates, liquidated, liquidating)
    • work to death verbe (works to death, worked to death, working to death)
    • exhaust verbe (exhausts, exhausted, exhausting)
    • lay waste verbe (lays waste, laid waste, laying waste)
    • wear out verbe (wears out, wore out, wearing out)
  2. to devastate
    to destroy; to devastate; to ruin; to lay waste
    • destroy verbe (destroies, destroyed, destroying)
    • devastate verbe (devastates, devastated, devastating)
    • ruin verbe (ruins, ruined, ruining)
    • lay waste verbe (lays waste, laid waste, laying waste)
  3. to devastate
    – overwhelm or overpower 1
    to devastate
    – overwhelm or overpower 1
    • devastate verbe (devastates, devastated, devastating)
      • He was devastated by his grief when his son died1
  4. to devastate
    – cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly 1
    to waste; to devastate; desolate; to scourge; to ravage; lay waste to
    – cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly 1
    • waste verbe (wastes, wasted, wasting)
    • devastate verbe (devastates, devastated, devastating)
    • desolate verbe
    • scourge verbe (scourges, scourged, scourging)
    • ravage verbe (ravages, ravaged, ravaging)
    • lay waste to verbe
      • The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion1

Conjugations for devastate:

present
  1. devastate
  2. devastate
  3. devastates
  4. devastate
  5. devastate
  6. devastate
simple past
  1. devastated
  2. devastated
  3. devastated
  4. devastated
  5. devastated
  6. devastated
present perfect
  1. have devastated
  2. have devastated
  3. has devastated
  4. have devastated
  5. have devastated
  6. have devastated
past continuous
  1. was devastating
  2. were devastating
  3. was devastating
  4. were devastating
  5. were devastating
  6. were devastating
future
  1. shall devastate
  2. will devastate
  3. will devastate
  4. shall devastate
  5. will devastate
  6. will devastate
continuous present
  1. am devastating
  2. are devastating
  3. is devastating
  4. are devastating
  5. are devastating
  6. are devastating
subjunctive
  1. be devastated
  2. be devastated
  3. be devastated
  4. be devastated
  5. be devastated
  6. be devastated
diverse
  1. devastate!
  2. let's devastate!
  3. devastated
  4. devastating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "devastate":

  1. overwhelm or overpower1
    • He was devastated by his grief when his son died1
  2. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly1