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Devastates

To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.

📖 Definitions of "Devastates"

verb
  1. 1

    To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.

  2. 2

    To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.

  3. 3

    To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.

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