Antonyms for devastated


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dev-uh-steyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛv əˌsteɪt


Definition of devastated

Origin :
  • 1630s, perhaps a back-formation from devastation. Apparently not common until 19c.; earlier verb form devast is attested from 1530s, from Middle French devaster. Related: devastated; devastating.
  • verb demolish, destroy
Example sentences :
  • We went on with some difficulty, trying to find the road in these devastated plains.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • For property that had been devastated or destroyed a similar maximum of compensation was voted.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • The country was devastated by fire and to the last degree inhospitable.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • I have no child, my house is destroyed, my fields are devastated.
  • Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
  • What assurance could there be that the precious pearl-bed would not be devastated?
  • Extract from : « Adrift on the Pacific » by Edward S. Ellis
  • The wind dropped with the sun, leaving a maddened sea and a devastated sky.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
  • A girl's voice, sighing and singing, from deep in that devastated spot.
  • Extract from : « Operation Lorelie » by William P. Salton
  • Boston, Charleston, Baltimore, Pittsburg in turn were devastated.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
  • He revelled in the beautiful woods so often devastated by forest fires.
  • Extract from : « Robert Louis Stevenson » by Margaret Moyes Black
  • The eleventh also devastated our country, in 1103, and the ravages were dreadful.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings

Synonyms for devastated

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