devastation

See also: dévastation

English

Etymology

From Middle French dévastation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛ.vəˈsteɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

devastation (countable and uncountable, plural devastations)

1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
   • 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, “New Jersey continues to cope with Hurricane Sandy”, in New York Times‎^[1], retrieved 31 October 2012:

     Perhaps as startling as the sheer toll was the devastation to some of the state’s well-known locales. Boardwalks along the beach in Seaside Heights, Belmar and other towns on the Jersey Shore were blown away. Amusement parks, arcades and restaurants all but vanished. Bridges to barrier islands buckled, preventing residents from even inspecting the damage to their property.

2. (law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.

   Synonym: devastavit

Derived terms

• devastational

 

Translations

act of devastating or state of being devastated

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: опустоше́ние (bg) n (opustošénie)
• Catalan: devastació (ca) f
• Dutch: verwoesting (nl) f
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• French: dévastation (fr) f
• Galician: devastación (gl) f
• Georgian: განადგურება (ganadgureba), გაპარტახება (gaṗarṭaxeba), აოხრება (aoxreba), გაჩანაგება (gačanageba)
• German: Verwüstung (de) f, Zerstörung (de) f, Verwüsten n, Verheeren n, Verheerung (de) f, Zunichtemachen n (act), Zerbrochenheit f (state of a person), tiefe innere Erschütterung f
• Greek: αφανισμός (el) n (afanismós), συντριβή (el) f (syntriví), καταστροφή (el) f (katastrofí)
• Hindi: नाश (hi) m (nāś)
• Hungarian: pusztulás (hu), pusztítás (hu)
• Irish: croíbhriseadh m (emotional), buairt f (emotional), uafás m (emotional), réabadh m (of landscape, etc.), scrios m (of landscape, etc.), léirscrios m (of landscape, etc.), slad (ga) m (of landscape, etc.), bánú m (of landscape, etc.)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: пустош m (pustoš)
• Malay: kehancuran, kemusnahan, penghancuran, pemusnahan
• Maori: aneatanga, anea
• Ottoman Turkish: خراب (harab)
• Polish: dewastacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: devastação (pt) f
• Romanian: devastare (ro)
• Russian: опустоше́ние (ru) n (opustošénije), разоре́ние (ru) n (razorénije)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: devastación (es) f, asolamiento (es) m, arrasamiento (es) m, quebranto (es)
• Swedish: ödeläggelse (sv) c
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

waste of the goods of the deceased