devastate

As verbs the difference between devastate and provoke

is that 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 while provoke is to cause someone to become annoyed or angry.

As verbs the difference between havoc and devastate

is that havoc is to pillage 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.

As a noun havoc

is widespread devastation, destruction.

As an interjection havoc

is a cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.

As verbs the difference between devastated and devastate

is that devastated is (devastate) 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.

As an adjective devastated

is ruined, ravaged.

As an adjective desperate

is being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.

As a verb 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.

As a verb 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.

As verbs the difference between pulverise and devastate

is that pulverise is 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.

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As a verb 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.

As verbs the difference between devastate and catastrophe

is that 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 while catastrophe is .

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.