What is the meaning of devastation?

noun

  • The state of being decayed or destroyed.
  • The feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed.
    • usage: "her departure left him in utter devastation"
  • An event that results in total destruction.
  • Plundering with excessive damage and destruction.
  • The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists.
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