devastate

English Thesaurus

1. overwhelm or overpower (verb.change)

hypernym	:	overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm,
definition	:	overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli (verb.emotion)

2. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)

hypernym	:	destroy, ruin,
definition	:	destroy completely; damage irreparably (verb.contact)

hyponym	:	ruin,
definition	:	reduce to ruins (verb.contact)

3. overwhelm or overpower (verb.change)

derivation	:	devastation,
definition	:	the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed (noun.feeling)

4. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)

derivation	:	destruction, devastation,
definition	:	the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act)

derivation	:	devastation, ravaging,
definition	:	plundering with excessive damage and destruction (noun.act)

derivation	:	depredation, ravage,
definition	:	(usually plural) a destructive action (noun.event)

derivation	:	desolation, devastation,
definition	:	an event that results in total destruction (noun.event)

derivation	:	destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster,
definition	:	a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to (noun.person)

derivation	:	bane, curse, nemesis, scourge,
definition	:	something causing misery or death (noun.state)

derivation	:	bareness, bleakness, desolation, nakedness,
definition	:	a bleak and desolate atmosphere (noun.state)

derivation	:	desolation, devastation,
definition	:	the state of being decayed or destroyed (noun.state)

5. overwhelm or overpower (verb.change)

derivation	:	devastation,
definition	:	the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed (noun.feeling)

6. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)

derivation	:	destruction, devastation,
definition	:	the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act)

derivation	:	devastation, ravaging,
definition	:	plundering with excessive damage and destruction (noun.act)

derivation	:	depredation, ravage,
definition	:	(usually plural) a destructive action (noun.event)

derivation	:	desolation, devastation,
definition	:	an event that results in total destruction (noun.event)

derivation	:	destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster,
definition	:	a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to (noun.person)

derivation	:	bane, curse, nemesis, scourge,
definition	:	something causing misery or death (noun.state)

derivation	:	bareness, bleakness, desolation, nakedness,
definition	:	a bleak and desolate atmosphere (noun.state)

derivation	:	desolation, devastation,
definition	:	the state of being decayed or destroyed (noun.state)