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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