English Dictionary

devastate

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdɛvəsteɪt/

動詞

To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.

日本語の意味

大規模に破壊する、荒廃させる / 多くの建物や都市、森林など広範囲に及ぶものを壊滅させる

The hurricane threatened to devastate the coastal towns if residents did not evacuate.

ハリケーンは、住民が避難しなければ沿岸の町を壊滅させる恐れがあった。

意味（1）

To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.

Halifax in Canada was devastated by a ship exploding in 1917. SS Mont Blanc, a French vessel loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives, collided with the Imo.

意味（2）

To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.

意味（3）

To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.

意味（4）

To greatly demoralize, to cause to suffer intense grief or dismay

devastates （ present singular third-person ）

devastating （ participle present ）

devastated （ participle past ）

devastated （ past ）