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Catastrophic vs Devastate - What's the difference?

catastrophic | devastate |

As an adjective catastrophic

is of or pertaining to a catastrophe.

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.

catastrophic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
  • Disastrous; ruinous.
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    Synonyms

    * catastrophal

    Antonyms

    * anastrophic

    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.