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Destroyed vs Devastate - What's the difference?

destroyed | devastate |

As verbs the difference between destroyed and devastate

is that destroyed is (destroy) 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 destroyed

is (ireland|informal) (particularly of a child) soiled, muddied, especially as a result of a fall or spill.

destroyed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (destroy)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (Ireland, informal) (particularly of a child) soiled, muddied, especially as a result of a fall or spill.

    • devastate

    English

    Verb

    (devastat)
  • 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.

    • Related terms

    * devastation

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