Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; waste; ravage; havoc.
- n. In law, waste of the goods of a deceased person by an executor or administrator. Synonyms Waste, destruction, ruin, rapine.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
- n. Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
- n. (Law) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an event that results in total destruction
- n. plundering with excessive damage and destruction
- n. the state of being decayed or destroyed
- n. the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed
- n. the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
Examples
“I can only believe that with so many people reading these boards who really love Mexico, they must not really understand how terrible the devastation is here, or there would have been a huge response.”
“The devastation from the January 2010 earthquake was so great that they knew something had to be done.”
“Rescue crews initially refused to go to El Rosario because of the extreme danger of mud and rock slides; several of the surrounding mountains have huge cracks and more devastation is expected.”
“The scope of the devastation is still emerging, but it's clear that whatever economic progress Haiti had made recently will have crumbled along with the key buildings in the capital.”
“The scope of the devastation is still emerging, but thankfully it appears that the damage will be far less than the Haiti earthquake.”
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“As if the devastation from the mishandling of the Katrina disaster weren't enough, now they're also against health care reform.”
“The devastation from the hurricanes has put a new wrinkle on the Census-taking business.”
“Ultimately, is the message of Forecast one of hope or is it a warning of certain devastation?”
“But the specter of emotional violence and devastation is very real, and in a way, more disturbing.”
“As this oil spill spreads in size on Gulf waters and reaches the Louisiana shore and wetlands, its devastation is unmatched and unfathomable compared to the destruction of Katrina, as terrible as that was.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘devastation’.
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vacation, suggestion, donation, condition, education, examination, federation, generation, imagination, invention, operation, pollution and 166 more...
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SEDE - principles and indicators
information security, balance of power, compliance with t..., air superiority, combat compability, compatibility, convergence, countermobility, discipline of eff..., discipline of staff, interoperability, leadership capabi... and 184 more...
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SEDE - military operations
hit, Iran-Iraq War, prevention, increase of readi..., replacement of wa..., rise of readiness, stabilisation, build up, basic training, defence procurement, force modernisation, full mobilisation and 387 more...
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WF - daffynitions
A daffynition (derived from daffy and definition) is a pun format involving the reinterpretation of an existing word, on the basis that it sounds like another word (or group of words).
Sourc...apéritif, avoidable, buccaneer, dandelion, decadent, devastation, dilate, fortunate, impolite, indistinct, information, innuendoes and 10 more...
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fifi
verbs Adj Adv noun
indulge, convene, solve, dissolve, prospect, prospective, allege, resolve, accountable, administration, amid, agenda and 407 more...
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mango22's Words
avalanche, apple, arrividerci, awry, adamant, asunder, barter, beloved, calm, cataclysmic, catastrophe, coat and 143 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, D
dodecahedron, din, diglyceride, dysphotopsia, decoction, deboss, diatonic, dithyramb, divagate, discalced, dishdasha, daft and 281 more...
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JLaughWork's Words
sesquipedalian, perspicacity, fervid, onomatopoeia, eschatology, prognostication, pedagogue, expiation, integrity, metamorphosis, supercilious, xenophilia and 229 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Scenariot
Rebellious destruction, police and protestors, or just angry mobs.
bedlam, chaos, havoc, destruction, cataclysm, devastation, mayhem, plunder, ravage, wreckage, destroy, blitzkrieg and 112 more...
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Words I Enjoy
with or without biscuits.
palindrome, shimmer, ennui, libertine, pollination, ostentatious, follow, devastation, whippoorwill, gossamer, weevil, ambivalence and 7 more...
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valentine's Words
terpsichore, anthropomorphic, amalgamate, cavalier, destrier, kumquat, morose, tenacious, camellia sinensis, constantinople, bayonet, hyoid bone and 58 more...
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epic words
gotterdammerung, apocalyptic, chaos, relentless, epic, destruction, annihilation, havoc, slaughter, extermination, catastrophic, armageddon and 10 more...
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friendly discourse
say scuba.
sorry, devastation, mess of fail, i don't know, tragedy, judgment, hellfire, dab, love and hobbits, ridiculous, onigiri, baking and 20 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for devastation.
gulyasrobi Daffynition: Where people wait for buses. (the-bus-station) Jun 15, 2012