Afflict and Devastate

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Afflict

Afflict verb - To cause persistent suffering to.
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Devastate and afflict are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Devastate" instead a verb "Afflict".
Nearby Words: affliction, afflictive, afflicting

Devastate

Devastate verb - To bring destruction to (something) through violent action.
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Afflict and devastate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afflict" instead a verb "Devastate".
Nearby Words: devastation, devastating, devastator

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party afflict party devastate party
area afflict area devastate area
world afflict world devastate world
country afflict country devastate country
Other words: enemies.
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