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Devastate vs Destory - What's the difference?

devastate | destory |

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.
  • destory

    Not English

    Destory has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'destory':

    doctrine, destroy, dextrose, doctorly, ducture, dastardy