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Devasted vs Devastate - What's the difference?

devasted | devastate |

As verbs the difference between devasted and devastate

is that devasted is (devast) 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.

devasted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (devast)

  • devast

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To devastate.
  • (Bolingbroke)
    (Webster 1913)

    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.