English-Thai Dictionary

devastate

VT ทำลายล้าง  ทำให้ เสียหาย อย่างรุนแรง  desolate devastate tam-lai-lang

 

devastate

VT ทำให้ ท่วมท้น ด้วย ความรู้สึก (มัก ใช้ รูป  passive voice ทำให้ หมดหวัง  ทำให้ ตกตะลึง  tam-hai-tuam-ton-duai-kwam-ru-suek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEVASTATE

v.t.[L., to waste. See Waste. ] To lay waste; to waste; to ravage; to desolate; to destroy improvements.

 

DEVASTATED

pp. Laid waste; ravaged.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEVASTATE

Dev "as *tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n.Devastating. ] Etym: [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See Vast. ]

 

Defn: To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate. Whole countries... were devastated. Macaulay.

 

Syn. -- To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

devastate

dev as tate |ˈdevəˌstāt ˈdɛvəˌsteɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] destroy or ruin (something ): the city was devastated by a huge earthquake | bad weather has devastated the tourist industry. • cause (someone ) severe and overwhelming shock or grief: she was devastated by the loss of Damian. DERIVATIVES dev as ta tor |-ˌstātər |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin devastat- ‘laid waste, ’ from the verb devastare, from de- ‘thoroughly ’ + vastare ‘lay waste. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

devastate

devastate |ˈdɛvəsteɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 destroy or ruin: the city was devastated by a huge earthquake. 2 cause (someone ) severe and overwhelming shock or grief: she was devastated by the loss of Damian. DERIVATIVES devastator noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin devastat- ‘laid waste ’, from the verb devastare, from de- ‘thoroughly ’ + vastare ‘lay waste ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

devastate

devastate verb 1 the city was devastated by an earthquake: destroy, ruin, wreck, lay waste, ravage, demolish, raze (to the ground ), level, flatten; informal trash, total. 2 he was devastated by the news: shatter, shock, stun, daze, dumbfound, traumatize, crush, overwhelm, overcome, distress.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

devastate

devastate verb 1 the city was devastated by a huge earthquake: destroy, ruin, leave in ruins, wreck, lay waste, wreak havoc on, ravage, ransack, leave desolate, demolish, raze (to the ground ), level, flatten, annihilate. 2 he was devastated by the news: shatter, shock, stun, daze, dumbfound, traumatize, crush, overwhelm, overcome, greatly upset, distress; informal knock for six, knock sideways, knock the stuffing out of.

 

French Dictionary

dévastateur

dévastateur , trice adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Destructeur. : Cet ouragan a été très dévastateur.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

devastate

dev as tate /dévəstèɪt /動詞 他動詞 〖通例be ～d 〗1 〈地域 国土などが 〉 (完全に )破壊される, 荒廃させられる .2 〈人が 〉打ちのめされる, 圧倒 [挫折 （ざせつ ）]させられる .