 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Devastation \Dev'as*ta"tion\, noun [Cf. F. d['e]vastation.]
1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
Even now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done. --Goldsmith.
2. (Law) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator. --Blackstone.
Syn: Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin; overthrow.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
devastation
noun
1: the state of being decayed or destroyed [syn: {desolation}]
2: the feeling of being counfounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devasation"
3: an event that results in total destruction [syn: {desolation}]
4: plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn: {ravaging}]
5: termination by an act of destruction [syn: {destruction}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "devastation": bloodbath, blue ruin, breakup, carnage, confusion, consumption, damnation, decimation, depopulation, depredation, desolation, despoilment, despoliation, destruction, disintegration, disorganization, dispeoplement, disruption, dissolution, havoc, hecatomb, holocaust, loss, perdition, ravage, ruin, ruination, shambles, slaughter, spoliation, undoing, vandalism, waste, wrack, wrack and ruin, wreck
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |