| Main Entry: | devastate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, destroy |
Synonyms: |
depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devour, do one in, lay waste, level, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, smash, spoil, spoliate, stamp out, take apart, total*, trash*, waste, wipe off map, wreck |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, enrich, help, improve |
| Main Entry: | devastating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing devastation |
Synonyms: |
annihilating, calamitous, desolating, destructive, disastrous, mortifying, overwhelming |
| Main Entry: | devastating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trenchant |
Synonyms: |
biting, caustic, crushing, incisive |
| Main Entry: | calamitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disastrous; tragic |
Synonyms: |
adverse, afflictive, blighting, cataclysmic, catastrophic, deadly, deplorable, devastating, dire, fatal, grievous, harmful, heartbreaking, lamentable, messy, pernicious, regrettable, ruinous, unfavorable, unfortunate, woeful |
Antonyms: |
blessed, comforting, favorable, fortunate, happy, joyous, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, crush, decay, demolish, devastate, eat up, exhaust, expend, extinguish, lay waste, overwhelm, ravage, raze, ruin, suppress, waste, wreck |
Antonyms: |
build, construct |
| Main Entry: | demolish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; consume |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, break, bulldoze, burst, crack, crush, decimate, defeat, devastate, devour, dilapidate, dismantle, eat, flatten, gobble up, knock down, level, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pulverize, put away, put in toilet, raze, ruin, sink, smash, take apart, take out, tear down, torpedo, total*, trash*, undo, wax, wipe off map, wrack, wreck |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, fix, produce, rebuild, repair, restore |
| Main Entry: | desecrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abuse, violate |
Synonyms: |
befoul, blaspheme, commit sacrilege, contaminate, defile, depredate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, dishonor, make lose face, mess up*, pervert, pillage, pollute, profane, prostitute, ravage, sack, spoil, spoliate, waste |
Antonyms: |
honor, praise, sanctify |
| Main Entry: | desolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, destroy |
Synonyms: |
depopulate, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devastate, devour, lay low, lay waste, pillage, plunder, ruin, sack, spoliate, waste |
| 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, depopulate, depredate, deprive, desecrate, desolate, devastate, devour, dispossess, divest, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, raid, rifle, rob, sack, spoil, spoliate, strip, vandalize, waste, wreak havoc, wreck |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, improve |
| Main Entry: | harry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pester, annoy |
Synonyms: |
attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, chivy, depredate, devastate, disturb, fret, gnaw, harass, hassle, irk, irritate, lay waste, molest, persecute, perturb, pillage, plague, plunder, ravage, sack, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, help, support |