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devastate

verb
 
🔊/ˈdevəsteɪt/
🔊/ˈdevəsteɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they devastate
🔊/ˈdevəsteɪt/
🔊/ˈdevəsteɪt/
he / she / it devastates
🔊/ˈdevəsteɪts/
🔊/ˈdevəsteɪts/
past simple devastated
🔊/ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/
past participle devastated
🔊/ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/
-ing form devastating
🔊/ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ/
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  1.  
    devastate something to completely destroy a place or an area彻底破坏；摧毁；毁灭
    • The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city.这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。🔊🔊
  2. [often passive] devastate somebody to make somebody feel very shocked and sad使震惊；使极为忧伤；使极为悲痛Topics Feelingsc1
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin devastat- ‘laid waste’, from the verb devastare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + vastare ‘lay waste’.