Devastate is an English word with synonyms like overcome or overpower. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Devastate meaning
- 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.
- 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.
Synonyms of Devastate
Using Devastate
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | 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.
- Useful related words include: lay waste to, overcome, whelm, sweep over.
- In the example corpus, devastate often appears in combinations such as: to devastate, devastate the, would devastate.
Context around Devastate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Devastate
- In this selection, "devastate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ldcs, jade and large stand out and add context to how "devastate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ahead to devastate an entire and continued to devastate the lives. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "devastate" sits close to words such as agonizing, allocates and alves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with devastate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Progressives want to devastate our economy. (6 words)
We know that this news will devastate our communities. (9 words)
It's a law that advocates say will devastate North Carolina's immigrant communities. (14 words)
With the moral compass firmly on its side, Israel, because of that incredible act of stupidity and cruelty by Hamas, got the go ahead to devastate an entire nation in response to the killing of 1,200 plus Jews and the taking of more than 250 hostages. (47 words)
The largest union of maritime workers in North America is threatening to go on a full strike across the East and Gulf Coasts, which could devastate the U.S. economy if a deal isn’t reached by early next week. (40 words)
Some fear that this move could devastate UK food production, putting family businesses in food processing, retailing, and farming at risk due to the changes. (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
Chris Hemsley, managing director at the PSR, said: "Fraudsters have continued to devastate the lives of innocent victims through APP scams.
Currently, the planet is on course to warm by about 2.7°C this century, which would devastate LDCs.
Experts say another big one is lurking round the corner to surprise and devastate us.
He then acquires the power of the Warring Triad, letting him devastate the world and rule over its remains as a god.
It was then that their car was involved in the collision which would devastate Jade’s health for a second time.
Progressives want to devastate our economy.
The latest land clearing data shows that land clearing continues to devastate large swathes of vegetation every year.
The opioid crisis continues to devastate families across the country, made worse by fentanyl and its analogues.
They would devastate providers who are already struggling to compete with the salaries offered by the larger chains.
To do so, it will again devastate lands owned by First Nation Canadians where the reservoirs for future dams will be made.
With the moral compass firmly on its side, Israel, because of that incredible act of stupidity and cruelty by Hamas, got the go ahead to devastate an entire nation in response to the killing of 1,200 plus Jews and the taking of more than 250 hostages.
But Monday's earthquake has shown these tremors have the power to surprise and devastate the country.
Gerard Ryan, who is the owner of Centra in Ballyfermot, said the change is going to devastate the community.
If these tax cuts are allowed to expire, it would devastate our families, farmers, and small businesses.
It's a law that advocates say will devastate North Carolina's immigrant communities.
Politicians in Drogheda are concerned that plans to turn the town's largest hotel into a centre for asylum seekers will devastate tourism.
Some fear that this move could devastate UK food production, putting family businesses in food processing, retailing, and farming at risk due to the changes.
The attack came as fears are mounting about Moscow's intentions to devastate Ukraine's power generation capacity ahead of the winter.
The largest union of maritime workers in North America is threatening to go on a full strike across the East and Gulf Coasts, which could devastate the U.S. economy if a deal isn’t reached by early next week.
We know that this news will devastate our communities.
Common combinations with devastate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: