devastated
adjective
dev·as·tat·ed
ˈde-və-ˌstā-təd 
1
: brought to a state of ruin or destruction
Dr. Dawdy, a 38-year-old assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago, is one of the more unusual relief workers among the thousands who have come to the devastated expanses of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.—
John Schwartz
John SchwartzI present here a steady flow model for the blast dynamics and propose that through much of the devastated area the blast was a supersonic flow of a complex multiphase (solid, liquid, vapour) mixture.—Susan Werner Kieffer
Susan Werner Kieffer2
: emotionally shattered or distraught
Doug never called. He dumped me for the cheerleader, and I was, in the parlance of teen-age romance, absolutely devastated.—Marialisa Calta
Marialisa CaltaMr. Jacoby was devastated; he felt he was a proven winner and should not be yanked for one bad half.—Ira Berkow
Ira BerkowExamples of devastated in a Sentence
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Tuesday evening's storm was part of a wider severe weather that impacted neighboring states and devastated parts of Iowa.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2024
Humanitarian aid has been largely blocked from reaching the devastated region.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 16 May 2024
That system emerged from the ruins of World War II, when shoring up farming and food security became an existential policy imperative on the devastated and often starved continent.
—Jan Dutkiewicz, Vox, 2 May 2024
Hospitals jammed Long lines of residents of the Beecher District, where the twister struck north of Flint, sought State Police passes to return to the devastated area in search of loved ones and personal property.
—Jerome Hansen, Jack Schermerhorn, Ralph Nelson and Ken McCormick, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
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David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2024
Humanitarian aid has been largely blocked from reaching the devastated region.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 16 May 2024
That system emerged from the ruins of World War II, when shoring up farming and food security became an existential policy imperative on the devastated and often starved continent.
—Jan Dutkiewicz, Vox, 2 May 2024
Hospitals jammed Long lines of residents of the Beecher District, where the twister struck north of Flint, sought State Police passes to return to the devastated area in search of loved ones and personal property.
—Jerome Hansen, Jack Schermerhorn, Ralph Nelson and Ken McCormick, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Devastated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devastated. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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