devastates in English

verb

1

destroy or ruin (something).

the city was devastated by a huge earthquake

synonyms: destroy, ruin, wreck, lay waste, ravage, demolish, raze (to the ground), level, flatten, trash, total

verb

destroy, ruin, wreck, lay waste, ravage, demolish, raze (to the ground), level, flatten, trash, total
shatter, shock, stun, daze, dumbfound, traumatize, crush, overwhelm, overcome, distress
waste, scourge, ravage, desolate

Use "devastates" in a sentence

1. That news devastates the exiles.

2. Strip mining devastates whole regions, leaving bare and useless ground.

3. Bipolar depression disrupts and devastates lives, and tends to dominate the course of a person’s illness

4. Synonyms for Annihilates include destroys, demolishes, wrecks, ruins, devastates, smashes, razes, shatters, decimates and totals

5. Synonyms for Banjaxes include blights, ruins, destroys, spoils, wrecks, damages, devastates, injures, impairs and shatters

6. Challenger's shocking explosion devastates the families of the crew as well as millions watching live, and an investigation puts NASA on the defensive