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devastate: overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

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spoliate collapse

deflower collapse: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"

desecrate collapse: remove the consecration from a person or an object; violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"

depredate collapse

decimate collapse: kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

uproot collapse: pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"; destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

swallow up collapse

lay waste collapse

vandalize collapse: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"

havoc collapse: violent and needless disturbance

plunder collapse: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

engorge collapse

shipwreck collapse: a wrecked ship (or a part of one); an accident that destroys a ship at sea; an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"; destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"; cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"; suffer failure, as in some enterprise; ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"

incinerate collapse: become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"

wreak havoc collapse

rebut collapse

demolish collapse: defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"; destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"

raid collapse: an attempt by speculators to defraud investors; search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"; take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"; search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"

shatter collapse: break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered"; break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"

vaporize collapse

pulverize collapse

pillage collapse

upheave collapse: lift forcefully from beneath

condemn collapse: declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"; express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"; demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her"; compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"

devour collapse: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"; eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"; destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"; enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"

gobble collapse: the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock; make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys; eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"

wrack collapse: dried seaweed especially that cast ashore; the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"

scourge collapse: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor); punish severely; excoriate

despoil collapse

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