Devastate and Unnerve

Devastate

Devastate verb - To subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress.
Usage example: we were devastated by the awful news of his death

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

Unnerve

Unnerve verb - To deprive of courage or confidence.

Devastate and unnerve are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devastate" instead a verb "Unnerve".

Nearby Word: unnerving

Common collocations

enemy devastate enemy unnerve enemy
opponents devastate opponents unnerve opponents
enemies devastate enemies unnerve enemies
foes devastate foes unnerve foes
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