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English verb: devastate | |||
| 1. | devastate (change) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||
| Samples | The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion. | ||
| Synonyms | desolate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | destroy, ruin | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ruin | ||
| 2. | devastate (change) overwhelm or overpower | ||
| Samples | He was devastated by his grief when his son died. | ||
| Examples | The bad news will devastate him | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm | ||
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