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English
Adjective
devastated (comparative more devastated, superlative most devastated)
- Ruined, ravaged.
- the devastated city
- Extremely upset and shocked.
Mary Ann was devastated when she found out her son was bullying a girl at school.
Derived terms
Translations
ruined, ravaged
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 毀壞的 / 毁坏的 (huǐhuài de)
- Finnish: hävitetty (fi), tuhottu (fi)
- French: dévasté (fr), ravagé (fr), ruiné (fr)
- Galician: please add this translation if you can
- German: verwüstet (de), verheert (de)
- Italian: devastato (it)
- Maori: anea (by war)
- Polish: zniszczony (pl), zruinowany, zdemolowany
- Portuguese: devastado (pt), arruinado (pt)
- Russian: опустошённый (ru) (opustošónnyj), разорённый (ru) (razorjónnyj)
- Spanish: devastado (es)
- Swedish: förstörd (sv), ödelagd (sv)
- Welsh: difrodedig, anrheithiedig
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Verb
devastated
- simple past and past participle of devastate