The meaning of devastated means overwhelmed ruined or even shocked by an unwanted action or situation. To devastate means to lay waste or destroy a certain object or a living subject. It refers to what has been made uninhabitable.
It is generally meant to be used when a person is shocked by a natural calamity and is distressed by the result of such calamity.
This word is similar to destroyed. Its synonyms are blasted, desolate, ravaged, ruined and wasted.
It is generally meant to be used when a person is shocked by a natural calamity and is distressed by the result of such calamity.
This word is similar to destroyed. Its synonyms are blasted, desolate, ravaged, ruined and wasted.