Devastate and Thrash

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

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

Thrash

Thrash verb - To defeat by a large margin.

Devastate and thrash are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devastate" instead a verb "Thrash".

Common collocations

party devastate party thrash party
army devastate army thrash army
world devastate world thrash world
city devastate city thrash city
Other words: enemy, thousands, opponents, enemies.
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