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| VERB | 1 | devastate, lay waste to, waste, desolate, ravage, scourge | Devastate or ravage |
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| 2 | devastate | Overwhelm or overpower |
| Sounds | deh'vahstey.t |
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| Rhymes | abate, abbreviate, abdicate, and 537 more rhymes in eyt... |
| Meaning | Devastate or ravage. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | lay waste to, waste, desolate, ravage, scourge |
| Broader | destroy, ruin |
| Narrower | ruin |
| Nouns | devastation; devastation; devastation; devastation |
| Meaning | Overwhelm or overpower. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
| Model | The bad news will devastate him |
| Examples | "He was devastated by his grief when his son died" |
| Broader | overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake |
| Nouns | devastation |
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