Devastated
Killed and devastated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Killed" instead an adjective "Devastated".
Killed
Devastated and killed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devastated" instead an adjective "Killed".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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However, the Groves have lost both their children, and Bacchus is devastated at having killed a man.
Source: Series / Inspector George Gently -
Alan Ward is killed and so is Peter Goodhill but New America is devastated, the children are all dead, while John is turning into a monster.
Source: Literature / Cthulhu Armageddon -
Wrong. He breaks down sobbing, devastated at the fact that many of his friends have been slain and appalled that he himself had killed several other beasts.
Source: Literature / Redwall
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