"devastate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛv.ə.steɪt/ [Canada, UK, US], /ˈdev.ə.stæɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-devastate.ogg 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, {{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': 86 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 48 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, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 29 48 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 18 28 40 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 27 42 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 17 28 39 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 17 24 43 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 25 43 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 24 42 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 16 23 50 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 24 42 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 26 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 18 24 42 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 26 41 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 30 40 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 24 42 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 25 43 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 19 25 43 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 19 25 43 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 26 42 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 18 24 41 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 21 39 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 23 46 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 18 24 42 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 25 43 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 26 44 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 24 43 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 18 24 42 16
  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 Form of: devastare
    Sense id: en-devastate-it-verb-0r15fx8n Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 7 19 20 4 42 5 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 13 22 3 50 3 2 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 85 11 4
  2. inflection of devastare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: devastare
    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, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

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): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "word": "破坏"
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          "word": "蹂躪"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "róulìn",
          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
          "word": "蹂躏"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
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          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
          "word": "hävittää"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
          "word": "tuhota"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
          "word": "mullistaa"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
          "word": "dévaster"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
          "word": "devastar"
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          "_dis1": "86 7 4 3",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
          "word": "verwüsten"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "verheeren"
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          "roman": "lumaínomai",
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          "alt": "はかいする",
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          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
          "word": "破壊する"
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          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
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          "word": "dewastować"
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          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
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          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
          "word": "devastar"
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          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
          "word": "devasta"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "opustošátʹ",
          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
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          "word": "опустоша́ть"
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          "roman": "opustošítʹ",
          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
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          "roman": "razorjátʹ",
          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
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          "roman": "razorítʹ",
          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
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          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
          "word": "devastar"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
          "word": "ödelägga"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "spustóšuvaty",
          "sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "спусто́шувати"
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          "roman": "spustóšyty",
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          "roman": "pustóšyty",
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          "devastare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "devastare"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of devastare:",
        "second-person plural imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "devastare",
          "devastare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "devastate"
}

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    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian past participle forms",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      },
      "expansion": "devastate f pl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "devastato"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feminine plural of devastato"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "devastato",
          "devastato#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "devastate"
}

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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "dēvāstāte",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "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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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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          "word": "dēvāstō"
        }
      ],
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        "second-person plural present active imperative of dēvāstō"
      ],
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          "devasto#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "devastate"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "devastate",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish non-lemma forms",
        "Spanish verb forms"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "devastar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular voseo imperative of devastar combined with te"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "devastar",
          "devastar#Spanish"
        ],
        [
          "te",
          "te#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "object-second-person",
        "object-singular",
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        "singular",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "devastate"
}

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