Annihilate vs Devastate - What's the difference?
annihilate | devastate |
To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
(label) To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation.
(archaic) To treat as worthless, to vilify.
*, II.17:
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.
To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
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.
Devastate is a synonym of annihilate.
As verbs the difference between annihilate and devastate
is that annihilate is to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate while devastate is 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.annihilate
English
Verb
(annihilat)- An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.
- of all the opinions which Antiquity hath had of men in gross, those which I most willingly embrace, and whereon I take most hold, are such as most vilifie, condemne, and annihilate us.