Synonyms for devastate
ˈdɛv əˌsteɪtdev·as·tate

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1. lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourgeverb

   cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

   "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

   Synonyms:
   waste, harry, scourge, emaciate, flagellate, abandon, blow, forsake, run off, desert, neutralise, pine away, neutralize, desolate, consume, macerate, ware, depopulate, languish, liquidate, squander, ravage, do in, rot, knock off, lay waste to

2. devastateverb

   overwhelm or overpower

   "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

   Synonyms:
   ravage, scourge, lay waste to, waste, desolate

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1. devastateverb

   Synonyms:
   ravage, pillage, plunder, sack, spoil, despoil, destroy, desolate, strip, lay waste

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1. devastateverb

   Synonyms:
   desolate, sack, despoil, ravage, plunder

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1. List of paraphrases for "devastate":

   devastates, ravage, invades, sweep, destroy, sweeps, invade

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1. Ebbie Herbert:

   This is a hurtful feeling that I don't want any other family to have to experience, this virus doesn't care what age you are what nationality you are, what political preference you have. It's serious and it will devastate you.

2. Janet Hale:

   You may love the kids and the parents, but you need to keep a professional distance, children will come and go, things happen in families, and while you want to be there to support the family, you can’t let them devastate you.

3. Phil Buchanan:

   Obviously there are a lot of other diseases that devastate peoples' lives, my hope would be that they get the resources they need for research as well.

4. Ebbie Herbert:

   This virus doesn't care what age you are what nationality you are, what political preference you have. It's serious and it will devastate you.

5. Kim Blaylock:

   If the perpetrators were here right now, I would just say why? why would you want to leave your child and go hurt other people, hurt your family and devastate more people, have your full life gone? It's just very sad.