· the state of being decayed or destroyed
Synonym(s): desolation
Hypernym(s): deterioration, impairment
· the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devastation"
Hypernym(s): feeling
· an event that results in total destruction
Synonym(s): desolation
· plundering with excessive damage and destruction
Synonym(s): ravaging
Hypernym(s): plundering, pillage, pillaging
· the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
Synonym(s): destruction
Hypernym(s): termination, ending, conclusion