Devastation Definition

devəstāzhən
noun
A devastating or being devastated; destruction; desolation.
Webster's New World

Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.

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Noun

Singular:
devastation
Plural:
devastations

Origin of Devastation

  • From Middle French dévastation.

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Devastation Sentence Examples

  • But on the whole there was no ruinous devastation of the land.

  • They flew over the Peak, and she straightened to see the devastation in the moonlight.

  • Finally, after months of inaction, Ibrahim began once more his systematic devastation of the country.

  • In 1821 and 1883 great devastation was caused here by floods.

  • Some of the plays seem to have bordered on the political, as The Plunderings, describing the devastation of Sicily in the time of the poet.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEV

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With D and Ending With N

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