devastated

dev·as·tate (d

-st

)

tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates

1. To lay waste; destroy.

2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark.

[Latin dvstre, dvstt- : d-, de- + vstre, to lay waste (from vstus, empty, desolate; see eu- in Indo-European roots).]

devas·tating·ly adv.

devas·tation n.

devas·tator n.

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devastated

adjective shattered, shocked, stunned, overcome, crushed, overwhelmed, distressed, gutted (slang), dazed, knocked sideways (informal), knocked for six (informal) He was devastated by the news of his friend's death.

Translations

devastated [ˈdɛvəsteɪtɪd] adj (= deeply distressed) → anéanti(e)
I was devastated → J'étais anéanti.

devastated → مدمر zdrcený fortvivlet erschüttert συντετριμμένος anonadado kauhistunut dévasté opustošen devastato 打ちのめされた 망연자실한 van streek zijn van sønderknust zdewastowany devastado опустошенный förkrossad ทำให้ท่วมท้นด้วยความรู้สึก mahvolmuş bị tàn phá 被毁坏的

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annihilating
annihilative
broken-hearted
cataclysmic
crushing
deadly
desolate
destroy
Devast
devastate
devastating
disastrous
Divast
grief-stricken
lay waste to
Locusting
murderous
overwhelm
ravage

The hospital was in a small Prussian town that had been twice devastated by Russian and French troops.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

Presently they came to the last steep descent, and emerged from the devastated fragment of a wood almost on to the sea level.

The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

The air was filled with dust and flying bits of vegetation and when the storm carried her across an irrigated area of farm land she saw great trees and stone walls and buildings lifted high in air and scattered broadcast over the devastated country; and then she was carried swiftly on to other sights that forced in upon her consciousness a rapidly growing conviction that after all Tara of Helium was a very small and insignificant and helpless person.

The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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