Devastate
Overcome
Overcome verb - To subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress.
Usage example: already under stress, she was overcome by news of a death in the family
Devastate and overcome are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devastate" instead a verb "Overcome".
Nearby Word: overcoming
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- crush and devastate
- crush and overcome
- upset and devastate
- upset and overcome
- strike and devastate
- strike and overcome
- defeat and devastate
- defeat and overcome
- overthrow and devastate
- overthrow and overcome
- prostrate and devastate
- prostrate and overcome
- overwhelm and devastate
- overwhelm and overcome
Common collocations
Cite this Source
Overcome and Devastate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/devastate/overcome
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