- 1devastate something to completely destroy a place or an area The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city.
- 2[often passive] devastate somebody to make someone feel very shocked and sad
devastate
verbNAmE//ˈdɛvəˌsteɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they devastate he / she / it devastates
past simple devastated
-ing form devastating
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