Devastate vs Trauma - What's the difference?
devastate | trauma |
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.
Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
* {{quote-news
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, date=December 14
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, title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave
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An event that causes great distress.
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 noun trauma is
any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.devastate
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(wikipedia trauma)Noun
(en-noun)citation, page= , passage=Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.}}