Similar words: devastating, devastate, station, gestation, stationery, stationary, nation-state, deforestation. Meaning: [‚devə'steɪʃn] 
n. 1. the state of being decayed or destroyed 2. the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed 3. an event that results in total destruction 4. plundering with excessive damage and destruction 5. the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists.
n. 1. the state of being decayed or destroyed 2. the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed 3. an event that results in total destruction 4. plundering with excessive damage and destruction 5. the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. 
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1. The hurricane caused widespread devastation.
2. There was devastation on every side.
3. He surveyed the scene of utter devastation beneath him.
4. She returned home to find a scene of devastation.
5. A conventional war would still cause unacceptable devastation.
6. It's a scene of complete devastation.
7. The typhoon left a trail of devastation.
8. The storm left behind it a trail of devastation.
9. We surveyed the devastation wrought by the fire.
10. The hurricane passed, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.
11. The tornado left a trail of devastation in its wake.
12. The cost of the devastation could run to ￡6 million.
13. He left in 1983, horrified by the devastation that warfare and famine had visited on his homeland.
14. The President visited the area to see the devastation at first hand.
15. A huge bomb blast brought chaos and devastation to the centre of Belfast yesterday.
16. Adam stumbles on, leaving a trail of devastation in his wake.
17. The bomb caused widespread devastation.
18. Jody understood the devastation of serious injury.
19. The casualty list was 307, and the devastation immense.
20. But the devastation already wrought in it is heartrending to contemplate.
21. The work of Tennyson coexisted with the devastation of an urban underclass described by Dickens.http://sentencedict.com
22. In an opening speech for the defence the devastation of their herd was blamed on a mountain of debt and overfeeding.
23. After the devastation an uneasy peace settled over the Empire.
24. If disease is allowed to spread among the crops, it will cause wide spread devastation.
25. If disease is allowed to spread, it will cause widespread devastation.
26. Delegates at the conference were taken on field trips to see the devastation.
27. My mind churned with countless plots and schemes, conjuring up acts of untold terror and devastation.
28. The public reacted with remorse and anger at the latest devastation.
29. Here the four powers had carved themselves out oddly shaped zones amongst the rubble and devastation left by the Allied bombing.
30. Even the most hardened commentators appeared shocked by the scale of the devastation.
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