devastazione

Definitions of devastazione
  1. noun
    the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
    synonyms: distruzione, scempio
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    disfacimento, malora, morte, rovina
    destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
    annichilazione, annichilimento, annientamento
    destruction by annihilating something
    decimazione
    destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
    boicottaggio, sabotaggio
    a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
    sterminio
    the act of exterminating
    abbattimento, demolizione
    the act of demolishing
    vandalismo
    willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
    atomizzazione, nebulizzazione
    annihilation by reducing something to atoms
    vaporizzazione
    annihilation by vaporizing something
    type of:
    cessazione, chiusura, conclusione, termine
    the act of ending something
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