devastation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
2. (countable, uncountable) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.

Synonyms

destruction

ruin

desolation

havoc

disaster

demolition

ravage

annihilation

catastrophe

ravaging

damage

rack

calamity

ravages

wrack

doom

doomsday

embarrassment

extermination

fall

fluster

kill

🔪🩸👤

leveling

liquidation

loss

mystification

neutralization

obfuscation

perplexity

puzzlement

rout

ruination

ruining

shipwreck

stupefaction

undoing

wreck

wreckage

laying waste

ravagement

ruln

averruncation

bafflement

befuddlement

bemusement

bewilderment

cataclysm

confusion

daze

debacle

Translations

dévastation

devastazione

devastação

devastación

devastació

Verwüstung

destruction

ravage

Zerstörung

desolação

desolació

ερήμωση

desolazione

Verheerung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌdɛ.vəˈsteɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle French dévastation.