Antonyms for devastate
ˈdɛv əˌsteɪtdev·as·tate

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1. lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourgeverb

   cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

   "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

   Synonyms:
   waste, harry, scourge, emaciate, flagellate, abandon, blow, forsake, run off, desert, neutralise, pine away, neutralize, desolate, consume, macerate, ware, depopulate, languish, liquidate, squander, ravage, do in, rot, knock off, lay waste to

2. devastateverb

   overwhelm or overpower

   "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

   Synonyms:
   ravage, scourge, lay waste to, waste, desolate

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1. devastateverb

   Synonyms:
   desolate, sack, despoil, ravage, plunder

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   Submitted by anonymous on January 12, 2020  

How to use devastate in a sentence?

1. Ebbie Herbert:

   This virus doesn't care what age you are what nationality you are, what political preference you have. It's serious and it will devastate you.

2. John McCain:

   If we're going to have a lower (defense) number than the president of the United States is proposing, we have no credibility on saying that we are committed to defending this nation -- not when every service chief, every witness before our committee says it will devastate ... our ability to defend the nation, you can't do that and claim that you care about national defense.

3. Jennifer Lawrence:

   Every time I go through a breakup, it’s not like my heart isn’t broken, they just never did anything to, like, devastate me. They were just good people. Maybe that’s also the secret. I’m attracted to good people.

4. Ebbie Herbert:

   This is a hurtful feeling that I don't want any other family to have to experience, this virus doesn't care what age you are what nationality you are, what political preference you have. It's serious and it will devastate you.

5. County Executive Sam Page:

   This variant is spreading quickly, and this variant has the ability to devastate those in its wake, and that is why it is so critical to get vaccinated now.

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