Devastate and Injure

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

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

Injure

Injure verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Usage example: the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come

Devastate and injure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devastate" instead a verb "Injure".

Nearby Words: injury, injurious, injuring

Common collocations

units devastate units injure units
opponents devastate opponents injure opponents
enemies devastate enemies injure enemies
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