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devastated

  • adjective

Ruined, ravaged.

Other meanings

  1. Extremely upset and shocked.

    “Mary Ann was devastated when she found out her son was bullying a girl at school.”

Related words

  • devo
  • undevastated

Example sentences

  • “Pollution had devastated the coastal areas.”

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Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “devastated” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.