Devastation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; waste; ravage; havoc.
  • noun. In law, waste of the goods of a deceased person by an executor or administrator.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
  • noun. Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
  • noun. Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an event that results in total destruction
  • noun. plundering with excessive damage and destruction
  • noun. the state of being decayed or destroyed
  • noun. the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed
  • noun. the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists