Dictionary Definition
devastation
Noun
1 the state of being decayed or destroyed [syn:
desolation]
2 the feeling of being counfounded or
overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devasation"
3 an event that results in total destruction
[syn: desolation]
4 plundering with excessive damage and
destruction [syn: ravaging]
5 termination by an act of destruction [syn:
destruction]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˌdɛ.vəˈsteɪ.ʃən/
- Rhymes with: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
- The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
- Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.
Extensive Definition
Devastation may refer to:
- Various warships:
- HMS Devastation, any of four ships of the British Royal Navy
- La Dévastation, various French warships named Dévastation.
- Some computer games or movies based on them:
- Devastation (2003 computer game), a first-person shooter video game developed by Digitalo Studios, released in February 2003
- Mortal Kombat: Devastation, the third installment in the movie franchise based on the Mortal Kombat fighting game series
- Comic characters or comic books:
- Devastation (comics), a fictional character and DC Comics villain in the Wonder Woman comic book
- The Transformers: Devastation, a six-issue comic book miniseries, published by IDW Publishing, based on the Transformers
- A pop group:
- Devastations, a musical group from Melbourne, Australia and based out of Berlin, Germany
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
bloodbath, blue ruin, breakup, carnage, confusion, consumption, damnation, decimation, depopulation, depredation, desolation, despoilment, despoliation, destruction, disintegration, disorganization,
dispeoplement,
disruption, dissolution, havoc, hecatomb, holocaust, loss, perdition, ravage, ruin, ruination, shambles, slaughter, spoliation, undoing, vandalism, waste, wrack, wrack and ruin, wreck