devastation
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Definitions
Noun
the state of being decayed or destroyed
Noun
the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devastation"
Noun
an event that results in total destruction
Noun
plundering with excessive damage and destruction
Noun
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
More General Terms
conclusion
deterioration
ending
feeling
impairment
pillage
pillaging
plundering
ruin
ruination
termination
More Specific Terms
annihilation
blight
decimation
demolishing
demolition
disaster
extermination
holocaust
hooliganism
kill
laying waste
leveling
liquidation
malicious mischief
neutralisation
neutralization
obliteration
razing
ruin
ruination
ruining
sabotage
self-destruction
spoliation
tearing down
vandalism
wrecking