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Programs that pay farmers not to farm often devastate rural areas. The reductions hurt everyone from fertilizer companies to tractor salesmen.
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Meaning of "devastate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEVASTATE

From Latin dēvastāre, from de- + vastāre to ravage; related to vastus waste, empty.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DEVASTATE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEVASTATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Devastate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb devastate in English.

WHAT DOES DEVASTATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of devastate in the English dictionary

The definition of devastate in the dictionary is to lay waste or make desolate; ravage; destroy. Other definition of devastate is to confound or overwhelm, as with grief or shock.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEVASTATE

PRESENT

Present
I devastate
you devastate
he/she/it devastates
we devastate
you devastate
they devastate
Present continuous
I am devastating
you are devastating
he/she/it is devastating
we are devastating
you are devastating
they are devastating
Present perfect
I have devastated
you have devastated
he/she/it has devastated
we have devastated
you have devastated
they have devastated
Present perfect continuous
I have been devastating
you have been devastating
he/she/it has been devastating
we have been devastating
you have been devastating
they have been devastating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I devastated
you devastated
he/she/it devastated
we devastated
you devastated
they devastated
Past continuous
I was devastating
you were devastating
he/she/it was devastating
we were devastating
you were devastating
they were devastating
Past perfect
I had devastated
you had devastated
he/she/it had devastated
we had devastated
you had devastated
they had devastated
Past perfect continuous
I had been devastating
you had been devastating
he/she/it had been devastating
we had been devastating
you had been devastating
they had been devastating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will devastate
you will devastate
he/she/it will devastate
we will devastate
you will devastate
they will devastate
Future continuous
I will be devastating
you will be devastating
he/she/it will be devastating
we will be devastating
you will be devastating
they will be devastating
Future perfect
I will have devastated
you will have devastated
he/she/it will have devastated
we will have devastated
you will have devastated
they will have devastated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been devastating
you will have been devastating
he/she/it will have been devastating
we will have been devastating
you will have been devastating
they will have been devastating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would devastate
you would devastate
he/she/it would devastate
we would devastate
you would devastate
they would devastate
Conditional continuous
I would be devastating
you would be devastating
he/she/it would be devastating
we would be devastating
you would be devastating
they would be devastating
Conditional perfect
I would have devastate
you would have devastate
he/she/it would have devastate
we would have devastate
you would have devastate
they would have devastate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been devastating
you would have been devastating
he/she/it would have been devastating
we would have been devastating
you would have been devastating
they would have been devastating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you devastate
we let´s devastate
you devastate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to devastate
Past participle
devastated
Present Participle
devastating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEVASTATE


bistate
ˈbaɪˌsteɪt
constate
kənˈsteɪt
downstate
ˈdaʊnˌsteɪt
estate
ɪˈsteɪt
facilitate
fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt
interstate
ˈɪntəˌsteɪt
microstate
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌsteɪt
multistate
ˈmʌltɪˌsteɪt
out-of-state
ˈaʊtəvˌsteɪt
outstate
ˌaʊtˈsteɪt
petrostate
ˈpɛtrəˌsteɪt
prostate
ˈprɒsteɪt
reinstate
ˌriːɪnˈsteɪt
restate
riːˈsteɪt
state
steɪt
substate
ˈsʌbˌsteɪt
superstate
ˈsuːpəˌsteɪt
testate
ˈtɛsteɪt
tristate
ˈtraɪˌsteɪt
upstate
ˈʌpˈsteɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEVASTATE

deva
devall
devalorisation
devalorise
devalorization
devalorize
devaluate
devaluating
devaluation
devalue
devalued
devaluing
Devanagari
devastated
devastating
devastatingly
devastation
devastative
devastator
devastavit

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEVASTATE

chief of state
city-state
crown estate
ground state
head of state
hesitate
housing estate
industrial estate
lie in state
minister of state
nation state
nation-state
police state
real estate
rogue state
secretary of state
solid-state
steady state
trading estate
tri-state
welfare state

Synonyms and antonyms of devastate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEVASTATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «devastate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of devastate

Translation of «devastate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEVASTATE

Find out the translation of devastate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of devastate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «devastate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

严重破坏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

devastar
570 millions of speakers

English

devastate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उजाड़ना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تدمر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опустошить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

devastar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধ্বংসান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dévaster
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merosakkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verwüsten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

荒廃させる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유린하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Devastate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phá hoại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாழாக்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उद्ध्वस्त होणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mahvetmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

devastare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niszczyć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спустошити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

devasta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καταστρέψει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verwoes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ödelägga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

herje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of devastate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEVASTATE»

The term «devastate» is regularly used and occupies the 64.878 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEVASTATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «devastate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «devastate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about devastate

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4 QUOTES WITH «DEVASTATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word devastate.
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Dick Armey
Programs that pay farmers not to farm often devastate rural areas. The reductions hurt everyone from fertilizer companies to tractor salesmen.
2
Fredric Jameson
The more worrying feature of the new global corporate structures is their capacity to devastate national labour markets by transferring their operations to cheaper locations overseas.
3
Donella Meadows
The actions of my government are not bearable. They devastate our natural resources and deprive our people. The politicians speak piously while practicing greed and divisiveness. They care nothing for the nation. I want to do more than withdraw my support. I want to tar and feather them.
4
Nathan Wolfe
I work to create systems that can accurately detect pandemics early, determine their likely importance, and, with any luck, crush those that have the potential to devastate us.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEVASTATE»

Discover the use of devastate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to devastate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cascadia's Fault: The Coming Earthquake and Tsunami that ...
Explains that a major earthquake and resulting tsunamis are likely to occur off the Pacific Northwest coast any time within the next two hundred years, arguing that the effects of the disaster will be far worse than the damage from the 2004 ...
Jerry Thompson, 2012
2
Ultimate Guide to Poker Tells: Devastate Opponents by ...
A treasure trove of behavioral information to give a huge edge over the competition, this guide teaches how to read tells--the subtle ways in which opponents betray themselves through body language, table talk, chip moves, eye contact, and ...
Randy Burgess, Carl Baldassarre, 2006
3
How a Tokyo Earthquake Could Devastate Wall Street
In 1989, Michael Lewis reported on the potential effects of an earthquake in Japan on world financial markets.
Michael Lewis, 2011
4
CliffsNotes GMAT with CD-ROM
CD With an explosive capacity that can devastate life and property for a radius of hundreds of miles, proponents of peace from several NATO member nations met to discuss the continuing manufacture and deployment of nuclear warheads.
BTPS Testing, 2012
5
The Whispered Heart -Volume II
I could devastate you with a look so easy to do like reading a book your mind so weak you have no free will devastate your world your dreams I would kill With just a word all would become clear so easy it would be to devastate you I fear ...
Deborah Horton
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Orthodontic Braces Ruin Your Child's Physical Health, Cause ...
Orthodontic tooth and orthodontic jawbone pain can devastate a child‟s life, by causing effects on a child‟s schoolwork in junior high school, high school, and college. Such pain can result in a loss of concentration that will prevent a child ...
Brandon New, 2011
7
Morning Always Comes
Devastate me with the light of your eyes. Destroy me with the touch of your hand. Steel me with the rising of your body. I am the whole universe now, beloved awakening my blood. I am the waves upon the stormy sky. I am the bending low of ...
Richard Sievers, 2011
8
Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores: Or, Chronicles ...
P. Pagans, their first arrival in Ireland, 8. strangle Cyngen, 12. the black, ravage Mona, l2. demolish Caer Alclut, l4. kill the son of Mervyn, 18. kill Iiirmawr and Auarawd, the sons of Gwriad, 22. devastate Towyn, 22. devastate Llanbadarn, ...
Caradog of Llanvarvan, John Williams, 1860
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New Zealand Māori Word Encyclopedia
natinati/nanati destroy kaiauru / whakangawhi destroy / To devastate / To lay waste hima devastate iki devastate / *To treat roughly, To oppose, To resist, To affront or insult itete To devastate / To treat roughly / To oppose / To resist / *To affront ...
Sally-Anne Lambert, 2007
10
Brut Y Tywysogion Or The Chronicle of the Princes
P. Pagans, their first arrival in Ireland, 8. strangle Cyngen, 12. the black, ravage Mona, l2. demolish Caer Alclut, l4. kill the son of Mervyn, 18. kill Hirmawr and Anarawd, the sons of Gwriad, 22. devastate Towyn, 22. devastate Llunbadarn, ...
Caradog of Llanvarvan, John Williams, 1860

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEVASTATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term devastate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Germany using banks instead of tanks to devastate Greece (From …
Germany using banks instead of tanks to devastate Greece. Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras. Tony Greenstein / 05:00 Wednesday 8 July ... «The Argus, Jul 15»
2
Cuts in Atlanta School music program devastate educators, students …
Internationally-acclaimed jazz musician and saxophonist Ryan Kilgore was heartbroken when he learned of the cutbacks in music education in ... «New Pittsburgh Courier, Jul 15»
3
Which NHL offseason acquisitions are best fits for their new teams …
By adding Kessel, they have at least one line that could devastate the opposition. 2. Dougie Hamilton, Calgary Flames: The shock that this ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
4
Plankton filmed eating PLASTIC revealing impact of litter on ocean …
Plankton are eating PLASTIC: Feasting on ocean litter could devastate marine ecosystems, scientists warn. Biologists say tiny grains of plastic ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Illegal fireworks devastate southwest Bakersfield home
This house in the 1500 block of Longway Lane in southwest Bakersfield suffered $500,000 damage — the resident said 80 percent of it is gone ... «The Bakersfield Californian, Jul 15»
6
Lost tax refund could devastate Roxana schools
ROXANA — A pending tax objection settlement could have “devastating” effects on the Roxana School District. The district could be forced to ... «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»
7
Maves: Toronto casino would devastate entire region
NIAGARA - A casino in the Greater Toronto Area would be a bad hand for Niagara, according to some members of regional council. «Bullet News Niagara, Jul 15»
8
Massive hailstones devastate garden centre
Jonny Bradbrook, of Ravensworth Nurseries, Richmond, North Yorkshire, said his business was a scene of devastation after huge hailstones ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
9
Report claims asteroid strike could devastate parts of Britain
Great Britain could be at risk of a devastating tsunami caused by an asteroid strike, a media report claims. According to The Telegraph, ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Jul 15»
10
Menendez: Offshore drilling could devastate NJ tourism
BELMAR – New Jersey's multi-billion tourism industry would be put at risk if the Obama administration allows oil companies to drill in the ... «Asbury Park Press, Jun 15»

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