3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Devastation \Dev`as*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]vastation.] 1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste. [1913 Webster] Even now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator. --Blackstone. Syn: Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin; overthrow. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: devastation n 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
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