Used in a Sentence

devastated

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for devastated.

Editorial note

What's the opportunity cost with the $300 billion that will be used to rebuild the devastated areas?

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Extremely upset and shocked.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of devastated gathered in one view.

adjective

Extremely upset and shocked.

adjective

Ruined, ravaged.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for devastated.

Example sentences

1

What's the opportunity cost with the $300 billion that will be used to rebuild the devastated areas?

2

During the Dark Ages, precious resources became scarce, and men from regions devastated by famine swarmed more prosperous lands.

3

It seems people affected from war take immigration as the first option now, which leaves their countries even more devastated.

4

Then the success happened, and the family lived even larger — until the business suddenly fell apart, leaving everyone devastated.

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I was pretty devastated when my old PC died but I at least had all my data.

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I feel for the guy because I would be devastated if Japan decided not to renew my visa for some reason.

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While people have moved on decades later, local economies were devastated.

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Libraries in many places have been devastated by budget cuts.

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They have been giving money to Greece just enough to cover the interest payments while pursuing a politics of austerity that devastated greek economy and employment.

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I was devastated when I realized my life-long expectation of an academic career would have to be deferred or cancelled for financial reasons.

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I remember being devastated when the History Channel started doing this.

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I was first devastated when I first found this out.

Quote examples

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What information is "from Alice"?, when she and Bob next meet on planet X and tells him in person how devastated she is, was it Alice that really generated that information?

2

It's not as fast as the "serious" laptop, but it's light, silent, has decent battery life and I won't be devastated if a truck rolls over my backpack.

3

"We’ve seen a community devastated by a terrorist attack that can only be described as pure, premeditated evil" This sort of "evil" happens almost every day in the inner city.

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"Without Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 very likely would have ended with Richard Nixon reading this somber message to a devastated nation" That's why they put him in that position and not your regular Joe Average (not to downplay the capabilities of other members of the space program) Yeah, maybe the safe thing was to abort the landing.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use devastated in a sentence?

What's the opportunity cost with the $300 billion that will be used to rebuild the devastated areas?

What does devastated mean?

Extremely upset and shocked.

What part of speech is devastated?

devastated is commonly used as adjective.