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devastation 音标拼音: [d ,ɛvəst'eʃən] n. 毁坏 毁坏 devastation n 1: the state of being decayed or destroyed [ synonym: { devastation}, { desolation}] 2: the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; " her departure left him in utter devastation" 3: an event that results in total destruction [ synonym: { devastation}, { desolation}] 4: plundering with excessive damage and destruction [ synonym: { ravaging}, { devastation}] 5: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists [ synonym: { destruction}, { devastation}] Devastation \ Dev` as* ta" tion\, n. [ Cf. F. d[' e] vastation.] 1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste. [ 1913 Webster] Even now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done. -- Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Law) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator. -- Blackstone. Syn: Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin; overthrow. [ 1913 Webster] 36 Moby Thesaurus words for " devastation": bloodbath, blue ruin, breakup, carnage, confusion, consumption, damnation, decimation, depopulation, depredation, desolation, despoilment, despoliation, destruction, disintegration, disorganization, dispeoplement, disruption, dissolution, havoc, hecatomb, holocaust, loss, perdition, ravage, ruin, ruination, shambles, slaughter, spoliation, undoing, vandalism, waste, wrack, wrack and ruin, wreck
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