devastation - Definition | Dictionary definition of devastation

Definition of devastation

Nouns

the state of being decayed or destroyed

Synonyms:: desolation

Types:: ruin, ruination
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; blight
a state or condition being blighted

Type of:: deterioration, impairment
a symptom of reduced quality or strength

the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed

"her departure left him in utter devastation"

Type of:: feeling
the experiencing of affective and emotional states

an event that results in total destruction

Synonyms:: desolation

Type of:: ruin, ruination
an event that results in destruction

plundering with excessive damage and destruction

Synonyms:: ravaging

Type of:: pillage, pillaging, plundering
the act of stealing valuable things from a place

the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

Synonyms:: destruction

Types:: show 18 types...; hide 18 types...; disaster
an act that has disastrous consequences; kill
the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; laying waste, ruin, ruination, ruining, wrecking
destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined; demolishing, leveling, razing, tearing down
complete destruction of a building; annihilation, obliteration
destruction by annihilating something; atomisation, atomization
annihilation by reducing something to atoms; pulverisation, pulverization
annihilation by pulverizing something; vaporisation, vaporization
annihilation by vaporizing something; decimation
destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot); self-destruction
the act of destroying yourself; neutralisation, neutralization
(euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation); sabotage
a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged; bombing
the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists; extermination, liquidation
the act of exterminating; holocaust
an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire); demolition
the act of demolishing; spoliation
(law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence; hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism
willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

Type of:: conclusion, ending, termination
the act of ending something

Vocabulary Lists for devastation

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scorekeeper
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aberration
acrid
affable
anemic
annihilation

subvert
debauch
bacchanalia
ecstasy
ecstatic

light
dark
life
air
death

Apocalypse
tragedy
catastrophe
calamity
disaster

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