devastate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dev·a·state /ˈdevəsteɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive]  1  SAD/UNHAPPYSHOCKto make someone feel extremely shocked and sad 令〔某人〕极度震惊；使〔某人〕伤心欲绝 Rob was devastated by the news of her death. 罗布听到她死去的消息悲痛欲绝。2  DESTROYto damage something very badly or completely 严重破坏，彻底破坏，摧毁 The city centre was devastated by the bomb. 市中心被这枚炸弹摧毁了。► see thesaurus at destroy —devastation /ˌdevəˈsteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

devastate• The small, thriving community has been devastated.• The country has been devastated by floods.• This second attack has just devastated him.• Her mother's early death from cancer devastated Lianne.• Bombing raids devastated the city of Dresden.• A huge explosion devastated the downtown area last night.• Years of war have devastated this island nation.Origin devastate (1600-1700) Latin devastare, from vastare “to lay waste, destroy”

dev·a·state verbChineseSyllable  

to shocked and Corpus sad someone extremely make feel

devastate
dev‧a‧state /ˈdevəsteɪt/ verb [transitive]1. to make someone feel extremely shocked and sad:
    Rob was devastated by the news of her death.
2. to damage something very badly or completely:
    The city centre was devastated by the bomb.
—devastation /ˌdevəˈsteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ destroy to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used or repaired: The earthquake almost completely destroyed the city. | The twin towers were destroyed in a terrorist attack.
   ▪ devastate to damage a large area very badly and destroy many things in it: Allied bombings in 1943 devastated the city. | The country’s economy has been devastated by years of fighting.
   ▪ demolish to completely destroy a building, either deliberately or by accident: The original 15th century house was demolished in Victorian times. | The plane crashed into a suburb of Paris, demolishing several buildings.
   ▪ flatten to destroy a building or town by knocking it down, bombing it etc, so that nothing is left standing: The town centre was flattened by a 500 lb bomb.
   ▪ wreck to deliberately damage something very badly, especially a room or building: The toilets had been wrecked by vandals. | They just wrecked the place.
   ▪ trash informal to deliberately destroy a lot of the things in a room, house etc: Apparently, he trashed his hotel room while on drugs.
   ▪ obliterate formal to destroy a place so completely that nothing remains: The nuclear blast obliterated most of Hiroshima.
   ▪ reduce something to ruins/rubble/ashes to destroy a building or town completely: The town was reduced to rubble in the First World War.
   ▪ ruin to spoil something completely, so that it cannot be used or enjoyed: Fungus may ruin the crop. | The new houses will ruin the view.

dev·as·tateBrE /ˈdevəsteɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdevəsteɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they devastate BrE /ˈdevəsteɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdevəsteɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it devastates BrE /ˈdevəsteɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdevəsteɪts/ 🔊past simple devastated BrE /ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle devastated BrE /ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form devastating BrE /ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth to completely destroy a place or an area 彻底破坏；摧毁；毁灭◆The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。🔊🔊 [often passive] ~ sb to make sb feel very shocked and sad 使震惊；使极为忧伤；使极为悲痛