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What Does Devastated Mean?

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asked 3 years ago

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    The meaning of devastated means overwhelmed ruined or even shocked by an unwanted action or situation. To devastate means to lay waste or destroy a certain object or a living subject. It refers to what has been made uninhabitable.

    It is generally meant to be used when a person is shocked by a natural calamity and is distressed by the result of such calamity.

    This word is similar to destroyed. Its synonyms are blasted, desolate, ravaged, ruined and wasted.
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    Lovikca

    Lovikca  

    answered 3 years ago

      There are 2 definitions for devastated
      One means wasted like when a place is DEVASTATED by a tornado
      and one is to be overwhelmed such as when you get bad news and you are devastated
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      Kid2081

      Kid2081  

      answered 11 months ago

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