devastate

verb

To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.

The hurricane devastated the entire coastal region, leaving behind a trail of destruction.

意味（1）

To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.

意味（2）

To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.

意味（3）

意味（4）

To greatly demoralize, to cause to suffer intense grief or dismay