Definition for Devastate:

• dev'as-t[= a]t, v.t. to lay waste: to plunder.-- ns. DEVAST[= A]' TION, act of devastating: state of being devastated: havoc; DEVAST[= A]' VIT, a waste of the estate of a deceased person by the executor. [ L. devast[= a]re, [= a]tum-- de, inten., vast[= a]re, to lay waste.]

Synonyms for Devastate:

• n.

  •
  • distress,
  • upset,
  • disturb.
  •
  • crush,
  • confuse,
  • confute,
  • confound,
  • overwhelm,
  • defeat.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • lay waste to,
  • waste,
  • scourge.
  •demolish, destroy (verb)
  • smash,
  • raze,
  • Depredate,
  • do one in,
  • stamp out.
  •destroy (verb)
  • bulldoze,
  • dismantle,
  • decimate,
  • rip to shreds,
  • mow down,
  • eradicate,
  • flatten,
  • disintegrate,
  • abolish,
  • extirpate,
  • pulverize,
  • vaporize,
  • atomize,
  • exterminate,
  • annihilate,
  • destroy.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • depress,
  • sadden,
  • devour,
  • nauseate,
  • unsettle,
  • trash,
  • shred,
  • wipe out,
  • mutilate,
  • obliterate,
  • ruffle,
  • mangle,
  • unhinge.
  •
  • assail,
  • agitate,
  • cripple,
  • engulf,
  • corrode.
  •
  • bust.
  •
  • ruin.
  •
  • knock-down,
  • total.
  •
  • burn.
  •consume
  • lay waste.
  •desolate
  • depopulate.
  •destroy
  • consume,
  • destruct.
  •Other relevant words:
  • destruction,
  • harsh,
  • gut,
  • poor,
  • wear out,
  • Ruinate,
  • austere,
  • chagrin,
  • subverter,
  • conquer,
  • stifle,
  • deracinate,
  • trouble,
  • slayer,
  • prostrate,
  • destroyer,
  • tangle,
  • undo,
  • shame,
  • atrophy,
  • finish,
  • dark,
  • rot,
  • worthless,
  • squander,
  • pull apart,
  • suppress,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • emaciate,
  • dash,
  • lick,
  • debris,
  • deformation,
  • pine away,
  • humiliate,
  • engorge,
  • vandal,
  • eliminate,
  • preoccupy,
  • discredit,
  • floor,
  • disprove,
  • oppress,
  • throw into disorder,
  • gaunt,
  • blast,
  • knock,
  • criticize,
  • blame,
  • incinerate,
  • bring down,
  • vaporise,
  • quell,
  • overwhelming,
  • blow,
  • maraud,
  • bleak,
  • unnerve,
  • glare,
  • run off,
  • stun,
  • deject,
  • do away with,
  • deformity,
  • condemn,
  • daze,
  • bring to ruin,
  • empty,
  • liquidate,
  • downcast,
  • labyrinth,
  • kill,
  • havoc,
  • terminate,
  • rout,
  • break,
  • smother,
  • mine,
  • perturb,
  • subdue,
  • knock-off,
  • do in,
  • bless,
  • desert,
  • trim,
  • extinguish,
  • pull,
  • forlorn,
  • neutralize,
  • rap,
  • murder,
  • valueless,
  • eat up,
  • overtax,
  • waste away,
  • dynamite,
  • disgrace,
  • miserable,
  • swallow up,
  • end,
  • vanquish,
  • beat,
  • squelch,
  • dim,
  • skunk,
  • obsess,
  • bandit,
  • discomfit,
  • shatter,
  • macerate,
  • maze,
  • dejected,
  • win over,
  • tear out,
  • shake,
  • depressing,
  • trounce,
  • flagellate,
  • lifeless,
  • prevail over,
  • sap,
  • clobber,
  • damage,
  • snuff out,
  • deuce,
  • ware,
  • refute,
  • demolition,
  • bare,
  • killer,
  • bomb,
  • clean out,
  • deny,
  • pinch,
  • cut down,
  • turn upside down,
  • spoiler,
  • debilitate,
  • severe,
  • contradict,
  • wrack,
  • root out,
  • dispose of,
  • shock,
  • subjugate,
  • rob,
  • ransack,
  • Unpeople,
  • overcome,
  • batter up,
  • discombobulate,
  • dissolve,
  • overthrow,
  • darn,
  • trample under foot,
  • squash,
  • invalidate,
  • whelm,
  • lonely,
  • pull down,
  • rattle,
  • uproot,
  • cold,
  • lay in ruins,
  • quash,
  • incapacitate,
  • worst,
  • mortify,
  • unmake,
  • dig out,
  • dreary,
  • disorganize,
  • thrash,
  • tread under foot,
  • diminish,
  • embarrass,
  • controvert,
  • blow up,
  • naked,
  • crasher,
  • forsake,
  • deface,
  • upheave,
  • massacre,
  • black,
  • quench,
  • disconcert,
  • gloomy,
  • puncture,
  • stupefy,
  • trample,
  • Ravager,
  • cream,
  • buster,
  • paralyse,
  • trample out,
  • abash,
  • languish,
  • superfluous,
  • drub,
  • Dispeople,
  • Demolisher,
  • redundant,
  • wreckage,
  • pulverise,
  • expose,
  • dismal,
  • scatter,
  • overturn,
  • attack,
  • unproductive,
  • slate,
  • throw,
  • polish off,
  • best,
  • rifle,
  • rape,
  • nonplus,
  • wrecker,
  • strip,
  • derail,
  • batter,
  • undermine,
  • trample on,
  • pan,
  • snuff,
  • belie,
  • demolishing,
  • wither,
  • devastation,
  • deflower,
  • contortion,
  • negate,
  • throw overboard,
  • annihilation,
  • make mincemeat of,
  • breakage,
  • waste paper,
  • overrun,
  • rebut,
  • break down,
  • dingy,
  • abandon,
  • cheerless,
  • weigh down,
  • slam,
  • whip,
  • flay,
  • damn,
  • put out,
  • overpower,
  • topple,
  • rip,
  • gobble,
  • explode.

Paraphrases for Devastate:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    devastates.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    lashes, hits, storms.
  • Verb, past tense
    Attacked, HIT.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    destroy, invade, HIT.
  • Verb, base form
    destroy, annihilate, wreck, extinguish, undo.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    swamps.
  • Verb, past tense
    swept.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    decimate.
  • Verb, base form
    obliterate, demolish, blight, shatter.

Antonyms for Devastate:

• v.

  • demolish, destroy
    guard, construct, help, enrich, improve, protect, save, build, create.
  • Other antonyms:
    forge, mend, shape, rehabilitate, assemble, raise, mold, recover, erect, constitute, rear, preserve, rebuild, repair, form, restore, invent, doctor, found, father, conserve, redeem, fashion, bring about, reconstruct, institute, recondition, revamp, fix, establish, organize, produce, renovate, remodel, frame, patch.

Homophones for Devastate:

• depicted, depict, diapsid, defaced, debased, divest, dibasic acid, deficit, deep-seated, diffused, deep-chested, dopastat, diapsida, debauched, divagate, de facto, deep-set, defect, data-based, deep south, deep pocket, dope sheet, dovecote, deposit.

Hypernym for Devastate:

• v.

  • change
    ruin.

Hyponym for Devastate:

• v.

  • change
    overwhelm, overtake, sweep over, overcome, overpower, whelm, ruin, destroy.