Devastate and Kill

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

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

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

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Devastate and kill are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devastate" instead a verb "Kill".

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

party	devastate party	kill party
life	devastate life	kill life
family	devastate family	kill family
enemy	devastate enemy	kill enemy
Other words: bosses, opponents, enemies, heroes.

In The Shannara Chronicles, Amberle has visions from a large tree, the Ellcrys, that warn her that unless she acts, demons will devastate everything and kill every living being besides themselves.

Source: The End of the World as We Know It
Harry easily admits to himself the only reason he doesn't kill Ron is because he knows it would devastate her and she's the only adult who's ever acted like a parent for him.

Source: Morality Chain
But it turns out his real plan is to kill off all of the powerful and wealthy sick enough to get involved in the Roppongi Club in the first place and to devastate the economy of Japan, striking a considerable injury to the world economy, by arranging for the destruction of 600 trillion yen in cash.

Source: Hidden Agenda Villain

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