devastate

As an adjective desperate

is being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.

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 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 verbs the difference between pulverise and devastate

is that pulverise is 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.

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

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 verbs the difference between devastate and catastrophe

is that 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 while catastrophe is .

Devastate is a synonym of annihilate.

As verbs the difference between annihilate and devastate

is that annihilate is to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate 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.