"devastate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛvəsteɪt/ Audio: en-us-devastate.ogg [US] Forms: devastates [present, singular, third-person], devastating [participle, present], devastated [participle, past], devastated [past]
Etymology: From Latin dēvastātus, perfect passive participle of dēvastō, from dē- (augmentative prefix) + vastō (“I destroy, I lay waste to”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|dēvastātus}} Latin dēvastātus, {{m|la|dēvastō}} dēvastō, {{m|la|dē-}} dē-, {{m|la|vastō||I destroy, I lay waste to}} vastō (“I destroy, I lay waste to”), {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} devastate (third-person singular simple present devastates, present participle devastating, simple past and past participle devastated)
  1. To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest. Translations (to ruin many or all things over a large area): λυμαίνομαι (lumaínomai) (Ancient Greek), ἐρημόω (erēmóō) (Ancient Greek), viran etmək (Azerbaijani), опустошавам (opustošavam) (Bulgarian), devastar (Catalan), 摧毀 (Chinese Mandarin), 摧毁 (cuīhuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 破壞 (Chinese Mandarin), 破坏 (pòhuài) (Chinese Mandarin), 蹂躪 (Chinese Mandarin), 蹂躏 (róulìn) (Chinese Mandarin), ødelægge (Danish), tehdä tuhoa (suurta) [with-allative] (Finnish), hävittää (Finnish), tuhota (Finnish), mullistaa (Finnish), dévaster (French), devastar (Galician), verwüsten (German), verheeren (German), elpusztít (Hungarian), slad (Irish), devastare (Italian), 破壊する (hakai suru) (alt: はかいする) (Japanese), vastō (Latin), dēvastō (Latin), populor (Latin), ødelegge (Norwegian Bokmål), dewastować [imperfective] (Polish), zdewastować [perfective] (Polish), devastar (Portuguese), devasta (Romanian), опустоша́ть (opustošátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), опустоши́ть (opustošítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), разоря́ть (razorjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разори́ть (razorítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), devastar (Spanish), ödelägga (Swedish), спусто́шувати (spustóšuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), спусто́шити (spustóšyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), пусто́шити (pustóšyty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-devastate-en-verb-ePVhuLNc Disambiguation of 'to ruin many or all things over a large area': 87 7 4 3
  2. To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions. Synonyms (to lay waste): decimate [proscribed, sometimes]
    Sense id: en-devastate-en-verb-M3cVCyRt Disambiguation of 'to lay waste': 12 47 21 20
  3. To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
    Sense id: en-devastate-en-verb-JdQ-I1RG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 29 47 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 20 28 37 15
  4. To greatly demoralize, to cause to suffer intense grief or dismay
    Sense id: en-devastate-en-verb-oI-iAyDB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: destroy, raze (english: to structures), ruin Derived forms: devastated [adjective] Related terms: devastation, devastavit

Verb [Ido]

Head templates: {{io-part|adv}} devastate
  1. adverbial present passive participle of devastar Tags: adverbial, form-of, participle, passive, present Form of: devastar
    Sense id: en-devastate-io-verb-KdqfLnKs

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} devastate
  1. inflection of devastare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person
    Sense id: en-devastate-it-verb-0r15fx8n Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 83 12 4
  2. inflection of devastare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person
    Sense id: en-devastate-it-verb-I4nxa~-f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} devastate f pl
  1. feminine plural of devastato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: devastato
    Sense id: en-devastate-it-verb-n9yZrBC0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

Forms: dēvāstāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=dēvāstāte}} dēvāstāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēvāstō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: dēvāstō
    Sense id: en-devastate-la-verb-NVYgo-lQ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} devastate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of devastar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: devastar
    Sense id: en-devastate-es-verb-vIOhrQfs Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "spustóšuvaty",
          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
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}

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}
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    "English terms with audio links",
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          "ref": "2022 August 24, Bruce Healey, “Wartime tunnel crash: a miraculous escape”, in RAIL, number 964, page 53",
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      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over."
      ]
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      "glosses": [
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      "sense": "to lay waste",
      "tags": [
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        "sometimes"
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      "word": "decimate"
    },
    {
      "word": "destroy"
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    {
      "english": "to structures",
      "word": "raze"
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    {
      "word": "ruin"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "viran etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opustošavam",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "опустошавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "devastar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "摧毀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cuīhuǐ",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "摧毁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "破壞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pòhuài",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "破坏"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "蹂躪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "róulìn",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "蹂躏"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "ødelægge"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "tags": [
        "with-allative"
      ],
      "word": "tehdä tuhoa (suurta)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "hävittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "tuhota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "mullistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "dévaster"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "devastar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "verwüsten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "verheeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "lumaínomai",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "λυμαίνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "erēmóō",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "ἐρημόω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "elpusztít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "slad"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "devastare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はかいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakai suru",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "破壊する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "vastō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "dēvastō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "populor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "ødelegge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dewastować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdewastować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "devastar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "devasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opustošátʹ",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опустоша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opustošítʹ",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опустоши́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razorjátʹ",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разоря́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razorítʹ",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разори́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "devastar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "word": "ödelägga"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spustóšuvaty",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спусто́шувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spustóšyty",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "спусто́шити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pustóšyty",
      "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пусто́шити"
    }
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}

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  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
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}

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  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "feminine plural of devastato"
      ],
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          "devastato",
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        "feminine",
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        "plural"
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}

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        "canonical"
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  ],
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      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin verb forms"
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        "second-person plural present active imperative of dēvāstō"
      ],
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}

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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish non-lemma forms",
        "Spanish verb forms"
      ],
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        "second-person singular voseo imperative of devastar combined with te"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "te",
          "te#Spanish"
        ]
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        "object-singular",
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        "singular",
        "with-voseo"
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  "word": "devastate"
}

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