devastate

verb

1. 彻底破坏；摧毁；毁灭
   to completely destroy a place or an area
   1. The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city.
      这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
2. 使震惊；使极为忧伤；使极为悲痛
   to make sb feel very shocked and sad

1. VERB 毁坏;破坏;摧毁;蹂躏
   If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.
   1. A few days before, a fire had devastated large parts of Windsor Castle.
      几天前，温莎城堡的大部分被一场大火烧毁。

1. A few days before, a fire had devastated large parts of Windsor Castle.
   几天前，温莎城堡的大部分被一场大火烧毁。
2. Advanced technologies are potential threats to devastate the living environment.
   先进的技术是破坏生存环境的潜在因素。
3. Martin Wolf described banking as "virtually the only business able to devastate entire economies".
   马丁•沃尔夫（MartinWolf）将银行业形容为实质上是唯一能够拖垮整个经济的行业。
4. Would there ever be a situation where Devastate should be used even when Revenge is lit up?
   那么当复仇可用的时候，我还应该使用毁灭打击吗？
5. Any prolonged injury to Rooney or Saha, in particular, would devastate United.
   任何一些有关鲁尼和萨哈的长期伤病都可能毁了曼联。
6. This is the Weapon Damage component of Devastate for our example tank.
   这就是样本坦克用于毁灭打击计算中的武器伤害。
7. The rally comes as the worst heat wave and drought in more than a century continues to devastate grain crops in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
   小麦涨价之际，一个多世纪来最严重的炎热和干旱正继续摧毁俄罗斯、乌克兰和哈萨克斯坦的粮食作物。
8. Scientists could breed those genes into domesticated rice in Africa where water shortages can devastate crops.
   科学家们可以将这些（有利的）基因转入家养水稻，比如非洲，那里的水资源匮乏经常导致颗粒无收。
9. International health security is the first line of defence against health shocks that can devastate people, societies and economies worldwide.
   国际卫生安全是针对可在全世界范围毁灭人类、社会和经济的卫生风险冲击提供的第一线防御。
10. Does Devastate generate more threat per hit than Sunder Armor?
    查看关于毁灭打击产生额外威胁值的测试方法请看这里。
11. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands.
    让我们下定决心，我们绝不会给我们的子孙后代留下一个海平面上升、饥荒蔓延、可怕风暴蹂躏我们家园的世界。
12. HIV/ AIDS continues to devastate the WHO Africa Region, which has11% of the world's population but60% of the people living with HIV.
    艾滋病毒/艾滋病继续蹂躏着世卫组织非洲区域，该区域的人口占世界人口的11%，但是60%的人感染了艾滋病毒。
13. Thus says the Lord, Arise, go up to Kedar And devastate the men of the east.
    耶和华如此说、迦勒底人哪、起来上基达去、毁灭东方人。
14. The companies that control the US electric grid and transport network lack a business need to invest in safer infrastructure, experts say, and an attack on either could devastate the US economy.
    专家指出，控制着美国电网和运输网络的公司，都缺少投资建设更安全基础设施的商业需求，而只要其中任何一家受到攻击，都可能摧毁美国经济。
15. Diseases such as HIV/ AIDS not only exacerbate malnutrition but can devastate labour, farm productivity and livelihoods.
    诸如艾滋病等疾病不仅让营养不良恶化，而且还可能破坏劳动、农场生产力和生计。
16. Their next move was to found yet another start-up-this time, one that threatened to devastate the television industry.
    他们的下一步打算是创建一家新兴公司，而这一次，将可能摧毁电视产业。
17. I have some news that's probably gonna devastate you.
    有件事可能会影响到你的心情。
18. They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.
    他们企图一举摧毁全城。
19. Anything that you do would hurt somebody or devastate something.
    无论做任何一件事，都会造成某部份人、事、物的伤害；
20. Earthquakes can also cause tsunamis, which devastate coastal regions.
    地震还引发海啸，它直接破坏海岸地区的人和物。
21. Devastate damage ( and threat) benefits from damage-increasing talents.
    毁灭打击产生的伤害和威胁值可以从增加伤害的天赋中受益。
22. At times, they devastate whole communities.
    有时候，龙卷风会毁灭整个社区。
23. This September I was invited to devastate the moors of a friend in the north.
    这年九月我被北方一个朋友邀请去遨游他的原野。
24. Devastate deals more damage ( and threat) as your gear improves.
    随着你的装备提升，毁灭打击产生更多的伤害和威胁值。
25. A virulent wheat disease now on the move from Africa to the Arabian Peninsula could devastate world wheat crops and threaten food security, warn scientists.
    科学家们警告说，一种严重的小麦疾病现在从非洲传播到了阿拉伯半岛，它可能破坏全世界的小麦作物并威胁粮食安全。
26. Oil spills devastate the natural environment, endanger public health, imperil drinking water and disrupt the economy.
    石油泄漏破坏自然环境，危害公众健康，污染饮用水且扰乱经济。
27. But the side effects of these treatments can devastate a patient physically and emotionally.
    但，上述治疗的副作用能够对患者的生理及心理造成严重的影响。
28. The Lurker focuses on spies, cloaks and subterfuge to devastate opponents.
    潜行者专注于使用间谍，掩饰，和诡计去摧毁敌人。
29. Or what if I told you what I thought about you but would devastate you to hear?
    或者，如果我告诉你，我怎么想到你，但也会造成你听见了吗？
30. We will never break, though they devastate, we shall motivate.
    我们永远不会打破，但他们摧毁，我们应鼓励。

verb

1. overwhelm or overpower
   1. He was devastated by his grief when his son died

2. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
   1. The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

   Synonym:    lay waste towastedesolateravagescourge