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Devastate vs Wipeout - What's the difference?

devastate | wipeout |

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 wipeout is

the action of the verb "wipe out.

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.

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    * devastation

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    wipeout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb "wipe out"
    • The skateboarder had a nasty wipeout as she came off the ramp.
    The wipeout of this industry could be catastrophic.