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BNC: 22171 COCA: 18664

See also: devastate

BNC: 22171 COCA: 18664

devastated

adjective

dev·​as·​tat·​ed ˈde-və-ˌstā-təd How to pronounce devastated (audio)
1
: brought to a state of ruin or destruction
Dr. Dawdy, a 38-year-old assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago, is one of the more unusual relief workers among the thousands who have come to the devastated expanses of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. John Schwartz
I present here a steady flow model for the blast dynamics and propose that through much of the devastated area the blast was a supersonic flow of a complex multiphase (solid, liquid, vapour) mixture. Susan Werner Kieffer
2
: emotionally shattered or distraught
Doug never called. He dumped me for the cheerleader, and I was, in the parlance of teen-age romance, absolutely devastated. Marialisa Calta
Mr. Jacoby was devastated; he felt he was a proven winner and should not be yanked for one bad half. Ira Berkow

Word History

First Known Use

1792, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of devastated was in 1792
BNC: 22171 COCA: 18664

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