devastation
Other forms: devastations
When there's devastation, there's terrible destruction. You can see the devastation from a violent hurricane and feel devastation over all the people that were injured.
When a natural disaster causes widespread death and destruction, that's devastation. This is a strong word that suggests serious damage has occurred, leaving almost nothing left. One knocked over car isn't devastation, but a whole town being wiped out is. People can also feel devastation — it's a kind of extreme sadness or state of feeling emotionally wrecked.
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the state of being decayed or destroyedsynonyms: desolationtypes:blighta state or condition being blightedtype of:
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the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed“her departure left him in utter devastation”type of:feelingthe experiencing of affective and emotional states
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an event that results in total destructionsynonyms: desolation
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the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer existssynonyms: destructiontypes:disasteran act that has disastrous consequenceskillthe destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missilelaying waste, ruin, ruination, ruining, wreckingdestruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruineddecimationthe destruction or killing of a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)self-destructionthe act of destroying yourselfneutralisation, neutralization(euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation)sabotagea deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damagedholocaustan act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)demolitionthe act of demolishingspoliation(law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidencehooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalismwillful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of othersbombingthe use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terroriststype of:
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plundering with excessive damage and destructionsynonyms: ravaging
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