What (who) is devastation - definition
devastation
Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage.
A huge bomb blast brought chaos and devastation to the centre of Belfast yesterday.
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Devastation
·noun Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.
II. Devastation ·noun The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
devastation
n.
1) to cause devastation
2) complete, total, utter devastation
Pronunciation examples for devastation
1. global devastation.
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2. devastation, hopelessness.
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3. of the devastation power.
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4. you have devastation.
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5. it was a devastation.
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Examples of use of devastation
1. But the catastrophic devastation predicted never came.
2. What he found everywhere was spectacular devastation.
3. "The devastation is quite extraordinary," Rice said.
4. Meanwhile, the blaze left a trail of devastation.
5. Jeb Bush, the president‘s brother, surveyed the devastation in January.