Devastate and Harm

Devastate

Devastate verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: the explosion devastated an entire city block

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

Harm

Harm verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Usage example: the company's reputation has been harmed by allegations of crooked accounting

Devastate and harm are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devastate" instead a verb "Harm".

Common collocations

family devastate family harm family
nature devastate nature harm nature
ship devastate ship harm ship
city devastate city harm city
Other words: enemy, opponents, enemies, heroes.
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Harm and Devastate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/devastate/harm
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