Devastate and Expend

Devastate

Devastate verb - To bring destruction to (something) through violent action.

Expend and devastate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Expend" instead a verb "Devastate".

Expend

Expend verb - To hand over or use up in payment.

Devastate and expend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devastate" instead a verb "Expend".

Common collocations

supplies devastate supplies expend supplies
majority devastate majority expend majority
enemy devastate enemy expend enemy
numbers devastate numbers expend numbers
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