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Grotesque profiteering aside, life release ceremonies can devastate the eco-system.

If Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing for a new offensive, he could devastate Ukrainian forces.

A Grad is a multiple rocket launcher designed to devastate a defined but extensive area.

Kenneth recognizes the terrible truths of our existence: that gun violence will continue to devastate and degrade everyone.

They'd devastate priorities like education, energy, and medical research.

Weeds began to devastate her garden, and Wilfred used to look over the fence and wish uncle Jim would do something.

They would burn for weeks at a stretch, and devastate hundreds of miles of country.

Kindly but firmly he protected his own seclusion, and he permitted no man, in Emerson's phrase, to devastate his day.

After the Spanish came the Americans, patrolling their ditches with guns lest the Apaches devastate their fields.

In certain years cockchafers multiply in such a frightful manner that they devastate the whole vegetation of a country.

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On this page you'll find 61 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to devastate, such as: ravage, raze, ruin, wreck, desecrate, and desolate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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