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devastates definition

devastates


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  devastate 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  devastate 
 
  Sense  1 
  lay  waste  to  waste,  devastate,  desolate,  ravage 
  =>  ruin 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  devastate 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  devastate 
 
  Sense  1 
  lay  waste  to  waste,  devastate,  desolate,  ravage 
  =>  ruin 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  devastate 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  devastate 
 
  2  senses  of  devastate 
 
  Sense  1 
  lay  waste  to  waste,  devastate,  desolate,  ravage 
  =>  destroy,  ruin 
 
  Sense  2 
  devastate 
  =>  overwhelm,  overpower,  sweep  over  whelm,  overcome,  overtake 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  devastate 
 
  devastate  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  devastate 
 
  Sense  1 
  lay  waste  to  waste,  devastate,  desolate,  ravage 
  =>  destroy,  ruin 
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  Sense  2 
  devastate 
  =>  overwhelm,  overpower,  sweep  over  whelm,  overcome,  overtake 
  -------------- 
 
  Overview  of  verb  devastate 
 
  The  verb  devastate  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  lay  waste  to  waste,  devastate,  desolate,  ravage  --  (devastate  or  ravage;  "The  enemy  lay  waste  to  the  countryside  after  the  invasion") 
  2.  devastate  --  (overwhelm  or  overpower;  "He  was  devastated  by  his  grief  when  his  son  died") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  devastate 
 
  The  verb  devastate  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  lay  waste  to  waste,  devastate,  desolate,  ravage  --  (devastate  or  ravage;  "The  enemy  lay  waste  to  the  countryside  after  the  invasion") 
  2.  devastate  --  (overwhelm  or  overpower;  "He  was  devastated  by  his  grief  when  his  son  died") 



devastates definition