Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to devastate
Participle: devastated
Gerund: devastating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | devastate |
| you | devastate |
| he;she;it | devastates |
| we | devastate |
| you | devastate |
| they | devastate |
Perfect
| I | have devastated |
| you | have devastated |
| he;she;it | has devastated |
| we | have devastated |
| you | have devastated |
| they | have devastated |
Past
| I | devastated |
| you | devastated |
| he;she;it | devastated |
| we | devastated |
| you | devastated |
| they | devastated |
Pluperfect
| I | had devastated |
| you | had devastated |
| he;she;it | had devastated |
| we | had devastated |
| you | had devastated |
| they | had devastated |
Future
| I | will devastate |
| you | will devastate |
| he;she;it | will devastate |
| we | will devastate |
| you | will devastate |
| they | will devastate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have devastated |
| you | will have devastated |
| he;she;it | will have devastated |
| we | will have devastated |
| you | will have devastated |
| they | will have devastated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | devastate |
| you | devastate |
| he;she;it | devastate |
| we | devastate |
| you | devastate |
| they | devastate |
Perfect
| I | have devastated |
| you | have devastated |
| he;she;it | have devastated |
| we | have devastated |
| you | have devastated |
| they | have devastated |
Imperfect
| I | devastated |
| you | devastated |
| he;she;it | devastated |
| we | devastated |
| you | devastated |
| they | devastated |
Pluperfect
| I | had devastated |
| you | had devastated |
| he;she;it | had devastated |
| we | had devastated |
| you | had devastated |
| they | had devastated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would devastate |
| you | would devastate |
| he;she;it | would devastate |
| we | would devastate |
| you | would devastate |
| they | would devastate |
Perfect
| I | would have devastated |
| you | would have devastated |
| he;she;it | would have devastated |
| we | would have devastated |
| you | would have devastated |
| they | would have devastated |
Imperative
| you | devastate |
| we | Let's devastate |
| you | devastate |
Verbs conjugated like 'devastate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'devastate'
decantate,
degustate,
detestate,
devaluate,
deaerate,
dealbate,
deaurate,
decapitate,
decaudate,
decurtate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to lay waste
- decimate
- To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
- destroy
- destroy
- slaughter, desolate, waste, despoil, wreck, pillage, plunder
Antonyms
- destroy
- construct, build, create, originate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēvastātus, perfect passive participle of dēvastō (“to lay waste, devastate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)); from dē- (augmentative prefix) + vastō (“to destroy, lay waste”). See vast. First attested in 1638.
Sample Sentences
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Halifax in Canada was devastated by a ship exploding in 1917. SS Mont Blanc, a French vessel loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives, collided with the Imo. [2022 August 24, Bruce Healey, “Wartime tunnel crash: a miraculous escape”, in RAIL, number 964, page 53:]