"devastator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-devastator.wav [Southern-England] Forms: devastators [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} devastator (plural devastators)
  1. One who or that which devastates. Synonyms: destroyer Translations (one who or that which devastates): Verwüster [masculine] (German), populātor [masculine] (Latin)

Inflected forms

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