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{
"term": "devastate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "devastate",
"heSheIt": "devastates"
},
"pastSimple": "devastated",
"pastParticiple": "devastated",
"ingForm": "devastating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to completely destroy a place or an area",
"sensetop": "devastate something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make somebody feel very shocked and sad",
"sensetop": "devastate somebody",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪt/",
"audio": "de/devastate/devastate__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪts/",
"audio": "de/devastate/devastates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/",
"audio": "de/devastate/devastated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/devastate/devastating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪt/",
"audio": "de/devastate/devastate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪts/",
"audio": "de/devastate/devastates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/",
"audio": "de/devastate/devastated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/devastate/devastating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from Latin devastat- ‘laid waste’, from the verb devastare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + vastare ‘lay waste’."
}