devastate
US: /ˈdɛvəˌsteɪt/
UK: /dˈɛvəstˌeɪt/
UK: /dˈɛvəstˌeɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
devastate /di:'væljueit/
- ngoại động từ
- tàn phá, phá huỷ, phá phách
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]
1 to completely destroy a place or an area: The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city.
2 [often passive] to make sb feel very shocked and sad
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 lay waste, ravage, destroy, waste, sack, raze, ruin, desolate, spoil, wreck, demolish, level, flatten, gut, obliterate:
The island was completely devastated by the tidal wave that followed the typhoon.
2 disconcert, confound, discomfit, take aback, nonplus, shatter, overwhelm, abash, shock; humiliate, mortify, embarrass, chagrin, Colloq floor, US discombobulate:
She was devastated by the news of Bertie's expulsion from college.
Concise English dictionary
devastates|devastated|devastating'devəsteɪt
verb
+devastate or ravage
+overwhelm or overpower
