"devastation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdɛ.vəˈsteɪ.ʃən/ Audio: en-us-devastation.ogg Forms: devastations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle French dévastation. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|dévastation}} Middle French dévastation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} devastation (countable and uncountable, plural devastations)
  1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of devastating or state of being devastated): опустоше́ние (opustošénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), devastació [feminine] (Catalan), verwoesting [feminine] (Dutch), dévastation [feminine] (French), devastación [feminine] (Galician), განადგურება (ganadgureba) (Georgian), გაპარტახება (gaṗarṭaxeba) (Georgian), აოხრება (aoxreba) (Georgian), გაჩანაგება (gačanageba) (Georgian), Verwüstung [feminine] (German), Zerstörung [feminine] (German), Verwüsten [neuter] (German), Verheeren [neuter] (German), Verheerung [feminine] (German), Zunichtemachen (english: act) [neuter] (German), Zerbrochenheit [feminine] [state] (German), tiefe innere Erschütterung [feminine] (German), αφανισμός (afanismós) [neuter] (Greek), συντριβή (syntriví) [feminine] (Greek), καταστροφή (katastrofí) [feminine] (Greek), नाश (nāś) [masculine] (Hindi), pusztulás (Hungarian), pusztítás (Hungarian), croíbhriseadh (english: emotional) [masculine] (Irish), buairt (english: emotional) [feminine] (Irish), uafás (english: emotional) [masculine] (Irish), réabadh (note: of landscape) [masculine, usually] (Irish), scrios (note: of landscape) [masculine, usually] (Irish), léirscrios (note: of landscape) [masculine, usually] (Irish), slad (note: of landscape) [masculine, usually] (Irish), bánú (note: of landscape) [masculine, usually] (Irish), пустош (pustoš) [masculine] (Macedonian), kehancuran (Malay), kemusnahan (Malay), penghancuran (Malay), pemusnahan (Malay), aneatanga (Maori), anea (Maori), خراب (harab) (Ottoman Turkish), dewastacja [feminine] (Polish), devastação [feminine] (Portuguese), devastare (Romanian), опустоше́ние (opustošénije) [neuter] (Russian), разоре́ние (razorénije) [neuter] (Russian), devastación [feminine] (Spanish), asolamiento [masculine] (Spanish), arrasamiento [masculine] (Spanish), quebranto (Spanish), ödeläggelse [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. (law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: devastavit
    Sense id: en-devastation-en-noun-2-ci4KCq Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 55 45 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: devastational

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "opustošénie",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
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      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "devastació"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "devastación"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "ganadgureba",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "განადგურება"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gaṗarṭaxeba",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "გაპარტახება"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aoxreba",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "აოხრება"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gačanageba",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "გაჩანაგება"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Verwüstung"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Zerstörung"
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      "word": "Verwüsten"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Verheeren"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Verheerung"
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "act",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Zunichtemachen"
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      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "topics": [
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      "word": "Zerbrochenheit"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tiefe innere Erschütterung"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afanismós",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "αφανισμός"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "syntriví",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "συντριβή"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katastrofí",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "καταστροφή"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nāś",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "नाश"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "pusztulás"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "pusztítás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "english": "emotional",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "croíbhriseadh"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "english": "emotional",
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      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "buairt"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "uafás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "note": "of landscape",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "réabadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "note": "of landscape",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "scrios"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "note": "of landscape",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "léirscrios"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "note": "of landscape",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "slad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "note": "of landscape",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
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        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "bánú"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pustoš",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пустош"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "kehancuran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "kemusnahan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "penghancuran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "pemusnahan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "aneatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "anea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "harab",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "خراب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dewastacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "devastação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "devastare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opustošénije",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "опустоше́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razorénije",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разоре́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "devastación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asolamiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arrasamiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "word": "quebranto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of devastating or state of being devastated",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ödeläggelse"
    }
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  "word": "devastation"
}

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