If a storm devastates your town, it comes pretty close to destroying it. To devastate is to cause destruction to or overwhelm.
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
Verb
overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
Verb
devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
v. t.
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
Devastate
Whole countries . . . were devastated.
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
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