Devastate and Obliterate

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

Usage example: the city was devastated, first by the earthquake and then by fires

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

Obliterate verb - To destroy all traces of.

Usage example: in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring

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Devastate and obliterate are semantically related in destroy topic. Sometimes you can use "Devastate" instead a verb "Obliterate".

Nearby Words: obliteration, obliterating

party	devastate party	obliterate party
life	devastate life	obliterate life
area	devastate area	obliterate area
base	devastate base	obliterate base
Other words: army, earth, world, country, ship, fleet, planet, city, enemy, forces, opponents, enemies, planets, ships, cities, fleets, armies.

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