What is another word for devastate?
Pronunciation:
[ dˈɛvəstˌe͡ɪt], [ dˈɛvəstˌeɪt], [ d_ˈɛ_v_ə_s_t_ˌeɪ_t]
Synonyms for Devastate:
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• change • consume- de cay ,
- de cays ,
- de-cay ,
- de-cays ,
- ex pend ,
- ex pended ,
- ex pending ,
- ex pends ,
- ex-pend ,
- ex-pended ,
- ex-pending ,
- ex-pends ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms .
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- dis mantle ,
- dis mantled ,
- dis mantles ,
- dis mantling ,
- dis-mantle ,
- dis-mantled ,
- dis-mantles ,
- dis-mantling ,
- gobbles up ,
- gobbling up ,
- over threw ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over turning ,
- over turns ,
- over-threw ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- over-turn ,
- over-turning ,
- over-turns ,
- put toilet ,
- puts in toilet ,
- puts toilet ,
- putting in toilet ,
- putting toilet ,
- takes apart ,
- un did ,
- un does ,
- un doing ,
- un done ,
- un-did ,
- un-does ,
- un-doing ,
- wipe map ,
- wiped map ,
- wiped off map ,
- wipes map ,
- wipes off map ,
- wiping map ,
- wiping off map .
- be foul ,
- be fouled ,
- be fouling ,
- be fouls ,
- be-foul ,
- be-fouled ,
- be-fouling ,
- be-fouls ,
- commits sacrilege ,
- committed sacrilege ,
- committing sacrilege ,
- de file ,
- de filed ,
- de files ,
- de filing ,
- de predate ,
- de predated ,
- de predates ,
- de predating ,
- de-file ,
- de-filed ,
- de-files ,
- de-filing ,
- de-predate ,
- de-predated ,
- de-predates ,
- de-predating ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honored ,
- dis honoring ,
- dis honors ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honored ,
- dis-honoring ,
- dis-honors ,
- made lose face ,
- makes lose face ,
- making lose face ,
- pro fane ,
- pro fanes ,
- pro-fane ,
- pro-fanes .
- de populate ,
- de populated ,
- de populates ,
- de populating ,
- de solate ,
- de solated ,
- de solates ,
- de solating ,
- de-populate ,
- de-populated ,
- de-populates ,
- de-populating ,
- de-solate ,
- de-solated ,
- de-solates ,
- de-solating ,
- laying low ,
- lays low .
- de nude ,
- de nudes ,
- de spoil ,
- de spoiled ,
- de spoiling ,
- de spoils ,
- de-nude ,
- de-nudes ,
- de-spoil ,
- de-spoiled ,
- de-spoiling ,
- de-spoils ,
- dis possess ,
- dis possessed ,
- dis possesses ,
- dis possessing ,
- dis-possess ,
- dis-possessed ,
- dis-possesses ,
- dis-possessing .
- abolish ,
- annihilate ,
- atomize ,
- bulldoze ,
- decimate ,
- destroy ,
- disintegrate ,
- dismantle ,
- eradicate ,
- exterminate ,
- extirpate ,
- flatten ,
- mow down ,
- pulverize ,
- rip to shreds ,
- vaporize .
- be devil ,
- be deviled ,
- be deviling ,
- be devilled ,
- be devilling ,
- be devils ,
- be leaguer ,
- be leaguered ,
- be leaguering ,
- be leaguers ,
- be-devil ,
- be-deviled ,
- be-deviling ,
- be-devilled ,
- be-devilling ,
- be-devils ,
- be-leaguer ,
- be-leaguered ,
- be-leaguering ,
- be-leaguers ,
- chivies ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- moonlighted requisition ,
- moonlighting requisition ,
- moonlights requisition ,
- smash grab ,
- smashed and grab ,
- smashed grab ,
- smashes and grab ,
- smashes grab ,
- smashing and grab ,
- smashing grab ,
- sticked up .
- descended on ,
- descending on ,
- descends on ,
- fall up on ,
- falling up on ,
- falling upon ,
- falls up on ,
- falls upon ,
- fell up on ,
- fired on ,
- fires on ,
- firing on ,
- in road ,
- in roads ,
- in-road ,
- in-roads ,
- leaned against ,
- leaned on ,
- leaning against ,
- leans against ,
- leans on ,
- leant against ,
- leant on ,
- marched on ,
- marches on ,
- marching on ,
- over running ,
- over runs ,
- tipping over ,
- tips over .
- dis organize ,
- dis organized ,
- dis organizes ,
- dis organizing ,
- dis-organize ,
- dis-organized ,
- dis-organizes ,
- dis-organizing ,
- ex terminate ,
- ex terminated ,
- ex terminates ,
- ex terminating ,
- ex-terminate ,
- ex-terminated ,
- ex-terminates ,
- ex-terminating ,
- leave ruins ,
- leaved in ruins ,
- leaved ruins ,
- leaves in ruins ,
- leaves ruins ,
- leaving in ruins ,
- leaving ruins ,
- left in ruins ,
- left ruins ,
- sweeping away ,
- sweeps away .
- brake a heart ,
- brake heart ,
- break heart ,
- breaking a heart ,
- breaking heart ,
- breaks a heart ,
- breaks heart ,
- broke a heart ,
- broke heart .
- de base ,
- de based ,
- de basing ,
- de face ,
- de faced ,
- de faces ,
- de facing ,
- de-base ,
- de-based ,
- de-basing ,
- de-face ,
- de-faced ,
- de-faces ,
- de-facing ,
- dis figure ,
- dis figured ,
- dis figures ,
- dis figuring ,
- dis grace ,
- dis graced ,
- dis graces ,
- dis gracing ,
- dis-figure ,
- dis-figured ,
- dis-figures ,
- dis-figuring ,
- dis-grace ,
- dis-graced ,
- dis-graces ,
- dis-gracing ,
- made useless ,
- makes useless ,
- making useless ,
- mucking up ,
- mucks up .
- gave a shock ,
- gave shock ,
- give shock ,
- gives a shock ,
- gives shock ,
- giving a shock ,
- giving shock ,
- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- strikes dumb ,
- striking dumb ,
- strook dumb ,
- sur prise ,
- sur prises ,
- sur prising ,
- sur-prise ,
- sur-prised ,
- sur-prises ,
- sur-prising ,
- takes breath away ,
- taking breath away ,
- threw balance ,
- threw off balance ,
- throw balance ,
- throwing balance ,
- throwing off balance ,
- throws balance ,
- took breath away .
- dis assemble ,
- dis assembled ,
- dis assembles ,
- dis assembling ,
- dis-assemble ,
- dis-assembled ,
- dis-assembles ,
- dis-assembling ,
- wipe the map ,
- wiped off the map ,
- wiped the map ,
- wipes off the map ,
- wipes the map ,
- wiping off the map ,
- wiping the map .
- created chaos ,
- creates chaos ,
- creating chaos ,
- played mischief with ,
- playing mischief with ,
- plays mischief with .
- be ached ,
- be aching ,
- be-ached ,
- be-aching ,
- put out commission ,
- puts out commission ,
- puts out of commission ,
- putting out commission ,
- putting out of commission ,
- ran aground ,
- running aground ,
- runs aground ,
- smashed up ,
- smashes up ,
- smashing up ,
- tare up ,
- tears up ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining ,
- wracked up ,
- wracking up ,
- wracks up .
Other synonyms:
- bugger ,
- butcher ,
- chew up ,
- depress ,
- devour ,
- dismay ,
- drag down ,
- eat away ,
- eat away at ,
- faze ,
- gnaw at ,
- hang over ,
- mangle ,
- mess with ,
- mutilate ,
- nauseate ,
- obliterate ,
- overcloud ,
- pummel ,
- rip apart ,
- ruffle ,
- sadden ,
- shred ,
- trash ,
- unhinge ,
- unsettle ,
- wipe out ,
- worry .
- agitate ,
- assail ,
- corrode ,
- cripple ,
- engulf ,
- fuck up ,
- get down ,
- grieve ,
- haunt ,
- reduce to ,
- screw up ,
- shoot up ,
- tear apart .
- knock-down ,
- total ,
- upset .
- move .
- burn .
Other relevant words:
- Beaching ,
- Breaching ,
- Chivied ,
- Chivying ,
- Creamed ,
- Creaming ,
- Dilapidating ,
- Downs ,
- Inroaded ,
- Inroading ,
- KIPS ,
- Lofted ,
- Lofting ,
- Pirated ,
- Pirating ,
- Preyed ,
- Preying ,
- Sallied ,
- Sallying ,
- Shipwrecking ,
- Smash and Grab ,
- Spoliate ,
- Stranding ,
- Torpedoes ,
- Trashed ,
- blockaded ,
- blockading ,
- breached ,
- chivy ,
- commit sacrilege ,
- create chaos ,
- demolish ,
- descend on ,
- desecrate ,
- desolate ,
- despoil ,
- dilapidate ,
- dilapidates ,
- downed ,
- downing ,
- eat ,
- eaten ,
- eating ,
- equalize ,
- fall upon ,
- fell upon ,
- fire on ,
- foraging ,
- forayed ,
- foraying ,
- give a shock ,
- gobble up ,
- gobbled up ,
- harrow ,
- harry ,
- kip ,
- kipped ,
- kipping ,
- knock down ,
- knock over ,
- knocked down ,
- knocked over ,
- knocking down ,
- knocks down ,
- lean against ,
- lean on ,
- leaning on ,
- leave in ruins ,
- level ,
- levels ,
- loot ,
- make lose face ,
- make useless ,
- march on ,
- moonlight requisition ,
- muck up ,
- mucked up ,
- over turn ,
- over-run ,
- over-runs ,
- pile up ,
- piled up ,
- piles up ,
- pillage ,
- play mischief with ,
- plunder ,
- plundered ,
- put in toilet ,
- put out of commission ,
- raid ,
- ravage ,
- ravaged ,
- run aground ,
- sack ,
- sacked ,
- sally forth ,
- shelled ,
- shelling ,
- shipwreck ,
- shipwrecks ,
- smash up ,
- spoil ,
- spoils ,
- spoilt ,
- stagger ,
- staggering ,
- stick up ,
- sticking up ,
- sticks up ,
- strafe ,
- strafed ,
- strafes ,
- strafing ,
- strike dumb ,
- struck dumb ,
- stuck up ,
- sweep away ,
- swept away ,
- take aback ,
- take apart ,
- take breath away ,
- take out ,
- takes aback ,
- takes out ,
- taking aback ,
- taking apart ,
- taking out ,
- tear down ,
- tear up ,
- tearing up ,
- throw off balance ,
- throws off balance ,
- tip over ,
- tipped over ,
- took aback ,
- took apart ,
- took out ,
- tore up ,
- torn down ,
- torn up ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing ,
- up set ,
- vandalize ,
- wipe off map ,
- wipe off the map ,
- wrack up ,
- wreak havoc ,
- wreck .
- Demolisher ,
- Depredate ,
- Dispeople ,
- Ravager ,
- Ruinate ,
- Unpeople ,
- abandon ,
- abash ,
- annihilation ,
- atrophy ,
- attack ,
- austere ,
- bandit ,
- bare ,
- batter ,
- batter up ,
- be annihilated ,
- beat ,
- belie ,
- best ,
- black ,
- blame ,
- blast ,
- bleak ,
- bless ,
- blow ,
- blow up ,
- bomb ,
- break ,
- break down ,
- breakage ,
- bring down ,
- bring to ruin ,
- buster ,
- chagrin ,
- cheerless ,
- clean out ,
- clobber ,
- cold ,
- condemn ,
- confound ,
- confuse ,
- confute ,
- conquer ,
- contortion ,
- contradict ,
- controvert ,
- crasher ,
- cream ,
- criticize ,
- crush ,
- cut down ,
- damage ,
- damn ,
- dark ,
- darn ,
- dash ,
- daze ,
- debilitate ,
- debris ,
- deface ,
- defeat ,
- deflower ,
- deformation ,
- deformity ,
- deject ,
- dejected ,
- demolishing ,
- demolition ,
- deny ,
- depressing ,
- deracinate ,
- derail ,
- desert ,
- destroyer ,
- destruction ,
- deuce ,
- devastation ,
- dig out ,
- dim ,
- diminish ,
- dingy ,
- discombobulate ,
- discomfit ,
- disconcert ,
- discredit ,
- disgrace ,
- dismal ,
- disorganize ,
- dispose of ,
- disprove ,
- dissolve ,
- do away with ,
- do in ,
- do one in ,
- downcast ,
- dreary ,
- drub ,
- dynamite ,
- eat up ,
- eliminate ,
- emaciate ,
- embarrass ,
- empty ,
- end ,
- engorge ,
- explode ,
- expose ,
- extinguish ,
- finish ,
- flagellate ,
- flay ,
- floor ,
- forlorn ,
- forsake ,
- gaunt ,
- glare ,
- gloomy ,
- gobble ,
- gut ,
- harsh ,
- havoc ,
- humiliate ,
- incapacitate ,
- incinerate ,
- invalidate ,
- kill ,
- killer ,
- knock ,
- knock-off ,
- labyrinth ,
- languish ,
- lay in ruins ,
- lay waste to ,
- lick ,
- lifeless ,
- liquidate ,
- lonely ,
- macerate ,
- make mincemeat of ,
- maraud ,
- massacre ,
- maze ,
- mine ,
- miserable ,
- mortify ,
- murder ,
- naked ,
- negate ,
- neutralize ,
- nonplus ,
- obsess ,
- oppress ,
- overcome ,
- overpower ,
- overrun ,
- overtax ,
- overthrow ,
- overturn ,
- overwhelm ,
- overwhelming ,
- pan ,
- paralyse ,
- perturb ,
- pinch ,
- pine away ,
- polish off ,
- poor ,
- preoccupy ,
- prevail over ,
- prostrate ,
- pull ,
- pull apart ,
- pull down ,
- pulverise ,
- puncture ,
- put out ,
- quash ,
- quell ,
- quench ,
- ransack ,
- rap ,
- rape ,
- rattle ,
- rebut ,
- reduce to nothing ,
- redundant ,
- refute ,
- ride roughshod over ,
- rifle ,
- rip ,
- rob ,
- root out ,
- rot ,
- rout ,
- run off ,
- sap ,
- scatter ,
- scourge ,
- severe ,
- shake ,
- shame ,
- shatter ,
- shock ,
- skunk ,
- slam ,
- slate ,
- slayer ,
- smother ,
- snuff ,
- snuff out ,
- spoiler ,
- squander ,
- squash ,
- squelch ,
- stamp out ,
- stifle ,
- strip ,
- stun ,
- stupefy ,
- subdue ,
- subjugate ,
- subverter ,
- superfluous ,
- suppress ,
- swallow up ,
- tangle ,
- tear out ,
- terminate ,
- thrash ,
- throw ,
- throw into disorder ,
- throw overboard ,
- topple ,
- trample ,
- trample on ,
- trample out ,
- trample under foot ,
- tread under foot ,
- trim ,
- trouble ,
- trounce ,
- turn upside down ,
- undermine ,
- undo ,
- unmake ,
- unnerve ,
- unproductive ,
- upheave ,
- uproot ,
- valueless ,
- vandal ,
- vanquish ,
- vaporise ,
- ware ,
- waste ,
- waste away ,
- waste paper ,
- wear out ,
- weigh down ,
- whelm ,
- whip ,
- win over ,
- wither ,
- worst ,
- worthless ,
- wrack ,
- wreckage ,
- wrecker .
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How to use "Devastate" in context?
The devastation caused by a natural disaster can be felt for years afterwards. Many people struggle to rebuild their lives after a devastating event such as a storm, earthquake, or wildfire. The scale of the devastation caused by a disaster can be overwhelming and often requires a lot of human and financial resources to overcome. The following is a list of some common aspects of disasters that can lead to widespread devastation:
-Storms: Storms can cause widespread damage by knocking down trees, blowing apart roofs and windows, and pulling power lines down. Storms can also create rippedadoes.
Paraphrases for Devastate:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
devastates.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Verb, base form
annihilate, destroy, extinguish, undo, wreck.
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Verb, base form
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
swamps.
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Verb, past tense
swept.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
decimate.
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Verb, base form
blight, demolish, obliterate, shatter.
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Proper noun, singular
Hyponym for Devastate:
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