devastation

1. The state of being decayed or destroyed (synset 114585734)
   is a type of: deterioration, impairment - a symptom of reduced quality or strength
   subtypes:

   • ruin, ruination - an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
   • blight - a state or condition being blighted
   same as: desolation
2. The feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed (synset 107525066)
   "her departure left him in utter devastation"
   is a type of: feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states
3. An event that results in total destruction (synset 107350014)
   is a type of: ruin, ruination - an event that results in destruction
   same as: desolation
4. Plundering with excessive damage and destruction (synset 100969261)
   is a type of: pillage, pillaging, plundering - the act of stealing valuable things from a place
   same as: ravaging
5. The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (synset 100217881)
   is a type of: conclusion, ending, termination - the act of ending something
   subtypes:

   • disaster - an act that has disastrous consequences
   • kill - the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
   • laying waste, ruin, ruination, ruining, wrecking - destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
   • demolishing, leveling, razing, tearing down - complete destruction of a building
   • annihilation, obliteration - destruction by annihilating something
   • decimation - destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
   • self-destruction - the act of destroying yourself
   • neutralisation, neutralization - (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation)
   • sabotage - a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
   • extermination, liquidation - the act of exterminating
   • holocaust - an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)
   • demolition - the act of demolishing
   • spoliation - (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
   • hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism - willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
   same as: destruction

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