Thesaurus
devastate
Synonyms and Antonyms of devastate
- the city was devastated, first by the earthquake and then by fires
- the explosion devastated an entire city block
beat, best, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), rout, scotch, skunk, subdue, surmount, thrash, trim, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whip, win (against)
blast, blow up, break, cripple, damage, deface, deteriorate, disfigure, disintegrate, dissolve, dynamite, harm, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mutilate, spoil, vitiate
erode, scour, sweep (away), wash out, wear (away)
dilapidate, disassemble, dismantle, gut, take down, unbuild, undo, unmake
blot out, efface, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out), snuff (out), stamp (out), wipe out
despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ravage, sack, trample, trash, vandalize
assassinate, butcher, cut down, dispatch, execute, fell, kill, kill off, massacre, mow (down), murder, slaughter, slay, take out, zap
- we were devastated by the awful news of his death
Synonym Discussion of devastate
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- a hurricane ravaged the coast
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- an earthquake devastated the city
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- years of drought had wasted the area
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- barbarians sacked ancient Rome
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- settlements pillaged by Vikings
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- the Nazis despoiled the art museums
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