Devastation

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
  • n. Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
  • n. Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; waste; ravage; havoc.
  • n. In law, waste of the goods of a deceased person by an executor or administrator.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an event that results in total destruction
  • n. plundering with excessive damage and destruction
  • n. the state of being decayed or destroyed
  • n. the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed
  • n. the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ruination    ruin    pillaging    plundering    pillage    feeling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    waste    ruin    overthrow    destruction    ravage    desolation    havoc    ravaging    vastation    plunder   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bloodshed    carnage    desolation    massacre    havoc    butchery    catastrophe    mayhem    conflagration    famine