Devastation Synonyms and Antonyms

devəstāzhən
The act of destroying or state of being destroyed
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bane
  2. destruction
  3. havoc
  4. ruin
  5. ruination
  6. undoing
  7. wrack
  8. wreck
  9. wreckage
The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. destruction
  2. desolation
  3. ruin
  4. defoliation
  5. confusion
  6. ravage
  7. ravaging
  8. despoliation
  9. havoc
  10. waste
  11. sacking
Destruction
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. desolation
Antonyms:
  1. construction
  2. building
  3. creation

Words Related to Devastation

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Devastation Sentence Examples

  • But on the whole there was no ruinous devastation of the land.

  • They flew over the Peak, and she straightened to see the devastation in the moonlight.

  • Finally, after months of inaction, Ibrahim began once more his systematic devastation of the country.

  • In 1821 and 1883 great devastation was caused here by floods.

  • Some of the plays seem to have bordered on the political, as The Plunderings, describing the devastation of Sicily in the time of the poet.

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