āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
devastate
/ËdÉvÉsteÉĒt/
to devastate
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āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϧā§āĻŦāϏā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to deeply shock or overwhelm emotionally
Transitive: to devastate sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The destruction caused by the hurricane devastated the coastal community, leaving residents homeless and heartbroken.
āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻā§āύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āϏā§āώā§āĻ āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏāϝāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āϞā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻā§ āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāύā§āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āĻšāĻšā§āύ āĻ āĻšā§āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢā§āϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāĻž
to destroy something completely
Transitive: to devastate sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The wildfire swept through the forest, devastating acres of land and wildlife habitats.
āĻŦāύā§āϝ āĻāĻā§āύ āĻŦāύāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāύā§āϝāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϏāϏā§āĻĨāϞā§āϰ āĻāĻāϰ āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
devastated
devastating
devastation
devastate
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