Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Devastate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
2
overwhelm or overpower
"He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
3
To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
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