OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 12332

devastate

/ˈdɛv.ə.steɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
devastar
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.
Halifax in Canada was devastated by a ship exploding in 1917. SS Mont Blanc, a French vessel loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives, collided with the Imo.