devastate

Verb
  1. Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (synset 200389306)
    "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
    is a type of: destroy, ruin - destroy completely; damage irreparably
    subtypes: ruin - reduce to ruins
    same as: desolate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste
  2. Overwhelm or overpower (synset 200261197)
    "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
    is a type of: overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

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