devastation - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for devastation , a list of similar words for devastation from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

Synonyms

• destruction
• devastation

More generic

• conclusion
• ending
• termination

More specific

• annihilation
• decimation
• demolishing
• demolition
• disaster
• extermination
• holocaust
• hooliganism
• kill
• laying waste
• leveling
• liquidation
• malicious mischief
• neutralisation
• neutralization
• obliteration
• razing
• ruin
• ruination
• ruining
• sabotage
• self-destruction
• spoliation
• tearing down
• vandalism
• wrecking

Noun

plundering with excessive damage and destruction

Synonyms

• devastation
• ravaging

More generic

• pillage
• pillaging
• plundering

Noun

an event that results in total destruction

Synonyms

• desolation
• devastation

More generic

• ruin
• ruination

Noun

the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed

Synonyms

• devastation

More generic

• feeling

Noun

the state of being decayed or destroyed

Synonyms

• desolation
• devastation

More generic

• deterioration
• impairment

More specific

• blight
• ruin
• ruination

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