Devastate and Scour

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

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

Scour

Scour verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.
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Synonyms for Scour

Devastate and scour are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devastate" instead a verb "Scour".

Nearby Words: scoured, scouring, scourer

Common collocations

life devastate life scour life
area devastate area scour area
universe devastate universe scour universe
earth devastate earth scour earth
Other words: world, country, surface, fleet, countryside, planet, city, galaxy, units, regions, worlds, planets.
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