Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries 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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
devastation
n 1: the state of being decayed or destroyed [syn:
{devastation}, {desolation}]
2: the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; "her
departure left him in utter devastation"
3: an event that results in total destruction [syn:
{devastation}, {desolation}]
4: plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn:
{ravaging}, {devastation}]
5: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it
that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists [syn:
{destruction}, {devastation}]
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