devastate
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- (transitive) If something devastates something else such as a family, a city, or the economy, it partly or completely destroys it.
- The economies of several countries were devastated by the war.
- (transitive) If someone is devastated by a comment or situation, they are very upset by it.
- We were devastated by the loss of our son.