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1 fortvivlet
desolate, desperate, desperately, despondent, despondently, devastate, distracted, heartbroken* * *adj( utrøstelig) disconsolate ( over at);( rasende) desperate;[ gøre sig fortvivlede anstrengelser for at] make desperate efforts to;[ dybt fortvivlet] broken-hearted. -
2 rasere
vb( jævne med jorden) level with the ground,F raze to the ground;( hærge) ravage,F devastate ( fx ravaged (, devastated) by fire), lay waste;furniture). -
3 øde
deserted, desolate, lonely* * *I. (et)( øde strækning) waste(s),( ødemark) wilderness,( ørken) desert.II. adj( mennesketom) deserted ( fx place, street), empty ( fx street);( øde og trist) desolate ( fx area, moor, region),F waste ( fx land);( ensom) lonely ( fx moor, spot);[ lægge øde] lay waste, devastate.III. *:[ øde bort] waste, squander,F dissipate ( fx one's money; a fortune). -
4 ødelægge
corrupt, damage, destroy, devastate, fuck up, kill, mangle, mar, make a mess of, mess about / around, prejudice, ravage, ruin, spoil, taint, wreck* * *vb( spolere, volde stor skade på) spoil ( fx one's appetite, one's eyes, one's health; the crops, the environment; the soup; her looks, the fun; she spoils her son);( stærkere: beskadige uafhjælpeligt) ruin ( fx the storm ruined the crops; you'll ruin the car by driving like that; ruin one's career, health, life, the fun);( bevidst: tilintetgøre) destroy ( fx a bridge by blowing it up; an enemy ship; a town; his happiness);( gøre til vrag, knuse etc) wreck ( fx a ship; a car in an accident; his career, happiness, life);( slå i stykker) smash, break ( fx the child broke its new toy); ruin;( uden objekt) do (el. cause) damage ( fx they did £5000 worth of damage);[ ødelægge fornøjelsen for én] spoil (, ruin) somebody's pleasure (el.enjoyment, fun);[ nu er det hele ødelagt!] that's torn (el. done) it![ ødelægge éns smag] corrupt somebody's taste. -
5 knust
broken, devastate, powdered
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Devastate — Dev as*tate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devastated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devastating}.] [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See {Vast}.] To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
devastate — I verb demolish, depopulate, depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, gut, lever, overwhelm, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, wreck II index damage, despoil, destroy (efface), ex … Law dictionary
devastate — (v.) 1630s, perhaps a back formation from DEVASTATION (Cf. devastation). Apparently not common until 19c.; earlier verb form devast is attested from 1530s, from M.Fr. devaster. Related: devastated … Etymology dictionary
devastate — waste, *ravage, sack, pillage, despoil, spoliate Analogous words: *destroy, demolish, raze: *ruin, wreck: plunder, loot, *rob, rifle … New Dictionary of Synonyms
devastate — [v] demolish, destroy depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devour, do one in*, lay waste, level, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, smash, spoil, spoliate, stamp out*, take apart, total*, trash*, waste, wipe off map*, wreck;… … New thesaurus
devastate — ► VERB 1) destroy or ruin. 2) overwhelm with severe shock or grief. DERIVATIVES devastation noun devastator noun. ORIGIN Latin devastare, from vastare lay waste … English terms dictionary
devastate — [dev′ə stāt΄] vt. devastated, devastating [< L devastatus, pp. of devastare, to lay waste < de , intens. + vastare, to make empty < vastus, empty: see VAST] 1. to lay waste; make desolate; ravage; destroy 2. to make helpless; overwhelm… … English World dictionary
devastate — verb Devastate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cyclone, ↑earthquake, ↑hurricane, ↑tornado, ↑typhoon Devastate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑country, ↑economy, ↑industry … Collocations dictionary
devastate */ — UK [ˈdevəˌsteɪt] / US verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms devastate : present tense I/you/we/they devastate he/she/it devastates present participle devastating past tense devastated past participle devastated 1) to seriously damage or… … English dictionary
devastate — [17] Etymologically as well as semantically, devastate is related to ‘lay waste’. It comes from the past participle of Latin dēvāstāre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē and vāstāre ‘lay waste’. This was a derivative of vāstus… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
devastate — [17] Etymologically as well as semantically, devastate is related to ‘lay waste’. It comes from the past participle of Latin dēvāstāre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē and vāstāre ‘lay waste’. This was a derivative of vāstus… … Word origins
