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| Main Entry: | devastate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, destroy |
| Synonyms: | desecrate, desolate, despoil, devour, level, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, smash, spoil, stamp out*, total*, trash*, waste, wreck, depredate, do one in, lay waste, spoliate, take apart, wipe off map |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, enrich, help, improve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grief-stricken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad, sorrowful |
| Synonyms: | cheerless, dejected, depressed, despairing, distressed, down, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, inconsolable, melancholy, miserable, morose, overcome, troubled, unhappy, woebegone, anguished, devastated, hurting |
| Main Entry: | destroyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ruined |
| Synonyms: | broken, lost, obliterated, overwhelmed, ruined, smashed, wasted, wrecked, abolished, annihilated, blasted, blighted, consumed, demolished, devastated, devoured, disintegrated, eradicated, felled, gutted, incinerated, killed, ravaged, razed, sacked, shattered, torn down, totaled, wiped out |
| Antonyms: | intact, protected, restored, saved |
| Main Entry: | overwhelmed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beaten |
| Synonyms: | affected, moved, upset, devastated, overpowered, repulsed, vanquished, worsted |
| Main Entry: | lost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extinct, destroyed |
| Synonyms: | bygone, dead, dissipated, forgotten, gone, lapsed, misspent, obliterated, obsolete, out-of-date, past, ruined, wasted, wrecked, abolished, annihilated, consumed, demolished, devastated, eradicated, exterminated, frittered, misused, perished, squandered, unremembered, wiped out |
| Antonyms: | alive, existing, living, existent |
| Main Entry: | finished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | consumed, used up |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, done, done for*, done in*, drained, empty, exhausted, gone, lost, ruined, spent, through, undone, wrecked, devastated, liquidated, played out, washed up, wiped out |
| Antonyms: | held, kept, saved, stored |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, crush, decay, demolish, devastate, eat up, exhaust, expend, extinguish, overwhelm, ravage, raze, ruin, suppress, waste, wreck, lay waste |
| Antonyms: | build, construct |
| Main Entry: | demolish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; consume |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, break, bulldoze, burst, crack, crush, decimate, defeat, devastate, devour, dismantle, eat, flatten, level, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pulverize, put away, raze, ruin, sink, smash, tear down, total*, trash*, undo, wax*, wrack, wreck, dilapidate, gobble up, knock down, put in toilet, take apart, take out, torpedo*, wipe off map |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, fix, produce, rebuild, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | desecrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abuse, violate |
| Synonyms: | befoul, blaspheme, contaminate, defile, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, dishonor, mess up*, pervert, pillage, pollute, profane, prostitute, ravage, sack*, spoil, waste, commit sacrilege, depredate, make lose face, spoliate |
| Antonyms: | honor, praise, sanctify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | desolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, destroy |
| Synonyms: | desecrate, despoil, devastate, devour, pillage, plunder, ruin, sack, waste, depopulate, depredate, lay low, lay waste, spoliate |
| Notes: | lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, improve |
| Main Entry: | despoil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, destroy |
| Synonyms: | denude, deprive, desecrate, desolate, devastate, devour, dispossess, divest, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, raid, rifle, rob, sack, spoil, strip, vandalize, waste, wreak havoc, wreck, depopulate, depredate, spoliate |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, improve |
| Main Entry: | harry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pester, annoy |
| Synonyms: | attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, devastate, disturb, fret, gnaw, harass, hassle, irk, irritate, molest, persecute, perturb, pillage, plague, plunder, ravage, sack, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry, chivy, depredate, lay waste |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, support |
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, demolish |
| Synonyms: | bring down, bulldoze*, devastate, down*, drop, equalize, fell, flatten, floor, ground, mow*, pull down, raze, ruin, smooth, tear down, waste*, wreck, knock down, knock over, lay low |
| Antonyms: | build, construct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pillage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunder, destroy |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, arrogate, confiscate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, gut, invade, lift*, loot, maraud, nab*, pilfer, pinch*, purloin, raid, ransack, ravage, rifle*, rob, ruin, sack, spoil, steal, strip, thieve, trespass, waste, depredate, lay waste, spoliate |
| Antonyms: | protect, safeguard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, steal |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, burn, despoil, devastate, fleece, forage, foray, grab, gut, knock off*, liberate, lift, loft, loot, maraud, pillage, prey, prowl, raid, ransack, relieve, requisition, rifle, rip off*, rob, sack, salvage, snatch, spoil, strip, depredate, kip, knock over*, lay waste, moonlight requisition, smash and grab, stick up* |
| Antonyms: | give, receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | raid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, pillage |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, blockade, bomb, bombard, breach, break in, charge, despoil, devastate, forage, foray, harass, harry, heat, inroad, invade, knock off*, loot, maraud, overrun, pirate, plunder, rake, ransack, rifle, rob, sack, sally, sally forth, shell, storm, strike, sweep, swoop, waste, descend on, fall upon, fire on, knock over*, lean against, lean on, march on, slough, spoliate, strafe, tip over, torpedo |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, guard, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ravage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, ransack |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, break up, capture, consume, cream*, crush, damage, demolish, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, dismantle, disorganize, disrupt, exterminate, extinguish, forage, foray, gut, harry, impair, loot, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, pillage, pirate, plunder, prey, prostrate, pull down, raid, rape, raze, rob, ruin, sack, seize, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, stamp out, strip, total*, trample, trash, waste, wreak havoc, wreck, wrest, lay waste, leave in ruins, spoliate, sweep away |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raid, plunder |
| Synonyms: | demolish, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, fleece, gut, loot, maraud, pillage, ravage, rifle, rob, ruin, spoil, strip, waste, depredate, lay waste, spoliate |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save |
| Main Entry: | shatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt someone badly |
| Synonyms: | crush, destroy, devastate, dumbfound, rattle, ruin, upset, break a heart |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | spoil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, hurt |
| Synonyms: | blemish, damage, debase, deface, defile, demolish, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, disfigure, disgrace, harm, impair, injure, mar, mess up*, pillage, plunder, prejudice, ravage, sack, smash, squash, tarnish, trash*, undo, upset, vitiate, waste, wreck, depredate, make useless, muck up*, spoliate, take apart |
| Antonyms: | help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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