'Devastation' definitions:
Definition of 'devastation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being decayed or destroyed [syn: devastation, desolation]
noun
The feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devastation"
noun
An event that results in total destruction [syn: devastation, desolation]
noun
Plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn: ravaging, devastation]
noun
The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists [syn: destruction, devastation]
Definition of 'Devastation'
From: GCIDE
- Devastation \Dev`as*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]vastation.]
- 1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste. [1913 Webster]
- Even now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator. --Blackstone.
- Syn: Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin; overthrow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'devastation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bloodbath,
- blue ruin,
- breakup,
- carnage,
- confusion,
- consumption,
- damnation,
- decimation,
- depopulation,
- depredation,
- desolation,
- despoilment,
- despoliation,
- destruction,
- disintegration,
- disorganization,
- dispeoplement,
- disruption,
- dissolution,
- havoc,
- hecatomb,
- holocaust,
- loss,
- perdition,
- ravage,
- ruin,
- ruination,
- shambles,
- slaughter,
- spoliation,
- undoing,
- vandalism,
- waste,
- wrack,
- wrack and ruin,
- wreck