See devastate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "viran etmək"
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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",
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"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
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"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "mullistaa"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "dévaster"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "devastar"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "verwüsten"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "verheeren"
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"roman": "lumaínomai",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "λυμαίνομαι"
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"roman": "erēmóō",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "ἐρημόω"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "elpusztít"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "slad"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "devastare"
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"alt": "はかいする",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "hakai suru",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "破壊する"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "vastō"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "dēvastō"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "populor"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "ødelegge"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"tags": [
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"word": "dewastować"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"tags": [
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"word": "zdewastować"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "devastar"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"word": "devasta"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "opustošátʹ",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"tags": [
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"word": "опустоша́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "opustošítʹ",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"tags": [
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"word": "опустоши́ть"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "razorjátʹ",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"tags": [
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"word": "разоря́ть"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"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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{
"code": "uk",
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"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",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "спусто́шити"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "pustóšyty",
"sense": "to ruin many or all things over a large area",
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"word": "пусто́шити"
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