devastate
vt. 毁坏；使荒芜；使震惊
副词：devastatingly 名词：devastation 过去式：devastated 过去分词：devastated 现在分词：devastating 第三人称单数：devastates
近义词：destroy，ruin，wreck，ravage，demolish，spoil，overwhelm，overcome，confound，shock，pirate，distress，upset，despoil，shatter，waste，laywasteto，desolate，scourge，
详细释义
v.(动词)
- 使荒芜，使荒凉，使荒废
- 毁坏，毁灭，摧毁，(彻底)破坏，蹂躏，劫掠
- 在感情上压垮 ，制服，压倒，使垮掉，使震惊，使不知所措，使陷于混乱
- 使成为废墟，夷为平地
- 使极为忧伤，使极为悲痛
英英释义
Verb
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
- overwhelm or overpower;
"He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
例句
用作及物动词(vt.)
- They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.他们企图一举摧毁全城。
- Our Embassy was devastated by three bombs of NATO.我们的使馆被北约的三枚炸弹炸毁了。
- The country was devastated by a long war.该国因遭到长期战争的破坏而荒废。
- I was devastated by the news of the wreck.我获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊。