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Overview of verb devastate

The verb devastate has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge

(cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion")

2. devastate

(overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died") © 2001-2013, Demand Media, all rights reserved. The database is based on Word Net a lexical database for the English language. see disclaimer
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