devastate

v [Tn] (a) completely destroy (sth); ruin 彻底毁坏(某事物); 毁灭; 摧毁: a house devastated by a bomb 被炸弹炸毁的房子 * War devastated the country. 战争摧毁了这个国家. (b) (infml 口) shock (sb); overwhelm 令(某人)震惊; 使(某人)难以承受: She was devastated by his death. 她因他去世而悲痛欲绝. * I was devastated by the news of the crash. 我获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊.


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