devastate

Определение devastate в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions; To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over; To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest; {f} destroy, ruin; overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died; To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest. Or, destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions. Break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over. Ruin that is shocking, not only showing that something was not indestructable, but also that it was in danger and could and would be assailed; To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate; overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"; devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"; If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally. A few days before, a fire had devastated large parts of Windsor Castle. = ravage, wreck
devastated: Simple past tense and past participle of devastate
devastated: Extremely upset and shocked
devastating: causing devastation
devastation: Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator
devastation: {n} havoc, waste, destruction, ruin
To devastate: devast
devastated: made uninhabitable; "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape"
devastated: If you are devastated by something, you are very shocked and upset by it. Teresa was devastated, her dreams shattered. feeling extremely shocked and sad
devastated: {s} destroyed, demolished; upset, crushed; hopeless
devastated: past of devastate
devastates: third-person singular of devastate
devastating: present participle of devastate
devastating: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W S Gilbert
devastating: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"
devastating: {s} crushing; destroying; saddening
devastating: emphasis If you describe something as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging. Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages
devastating: emphasis You can use devastating to emphasize that something or someone is very impressive. a devastating display of galloping and jumping + devastatingly dev·as·tat·ing·ly Its advertising is devastatingly successful
devastating: physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"
devastating: emphasis You can use devastating to emphasize that something is very shocking, upsetting, or terrible. The diagnosis was devastating. She had cancer
devastatingly: In a devastating manner
devastatingly: destructively, ruinously
devastation: plundering with excessive damage and destruction
devastation: Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage. A huge bomb blast brought chaos and devastation to the centre of Belfast yesterday
devastation: The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste
devastation: the feeling of being counfounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devasation"
devastation: an event that results in total destruction the feeling of being counfounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devasation"
devastation: the state of being decayed or destroyed
devastation: an event that results in total destruction
devastation: an event that results in total destruction the feeling of being counfounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devasation" the state of being decayed or destroyed
devastation: termination by an act of destruction
devastation: {i} destruction, ruin
devastation: havoc
devastator: {i} someone or something that devastates or ruins
devastator: One who, or that which, devastates
devastator: one who devastates

devastate

Расстановка переносов

dev·as·tate

Турецкое произношение

devısteyt

Синонимы

depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devour, do one in, lay waste, level, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, raze, ruin, sack

Антонимы

build, construct, enrich, help, improve

Произношение

/ˈdevəˌstāt/ /ˈdɛvəˌsteɪt/

Этимология

[ de-v&-"stAt ] (transitive verb.) 1638. From Latin devastare (“to lay waste”) de (“away”) + vastare (“to lay waste”) vastus (“waste, desolate, vast”).

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devastates, devastating, devastated

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