devastated

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devastated

  • /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/

adjective more devastated · most devastated

  1. Ruined, ravaged. the devastated city
  2. Extremely upset and shocked. Mary Ann was devastated when she found out her son was bullying a girl at school.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of devastate

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: destroyed, desolate, wasted, blasted, ruined, desolated, ravaged, wrecked, blighted, destructive, damaged, obliterated, battered, defeated, destruction, annihilated

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adj ruined, ravaged

Españoldevastado
中文毀壞的 /毁坏的 huǐhuài de
Portuguêsdevastado, arruinado
Françaisdévasté, ravagé, ruiné
Deutschverwüstet, verheert
Italianodevastato
Русскийопустошённый opustošónnyj, разорённый razorjónnyj

adj upset and shocked

Españoldevastado
中文頹靡 /颓靡 tuímǐ, 痛不欲生 tòngbùyùshēng, 心寒 xīnhán
Portuguêsdevastado
Françaiseffondré, accablé
Deutschgebrochen, am Boden zerstört
Italianodevastato
Русскийбезуте́шный bezutéšnyj, пода́вленный podávlennyj, расстро́енный rasstrójennyj, огорчённый ogorčónnyj, потрясённый potrjasjónnyj

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@misc{devastated_2026,
  title = {devastated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/devastated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}