Definition of devastation

"devastation" in the noun sense

1. devastation, desolation

the state of being decayed or destroyed

2. devastation

the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed

"her departure left him in utter devastation"

3. devastation, desolation

an event that results in total destruction

4. ravaging, devastation

plundering with excessive damage and destruction

5. destruction, devastation

the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

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Quotations for devastation

The blindness of bigotry, the madness of ambition, and the miscalculations of diplomacy seek their victims principally amongst the innocent and the unoffending. The cottage is sure to suffer for every error of the court, the cabinet, or the camp. When error sits in the seat of power and of authority, and is generated in high places, it may be compared to that torrent which originates indeed in the mountain, but commits its devastation in the vale. [ Colton ]

devastation in Scrabble®

The word devastation is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters devastation:

DEVASTATION
(144)
DEVASTATION
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (38 words)

adonise, advents, anodise, atonias, attains, attends, aviated, aviates, avidest, dataset, dentist, destain, detains, deviant, distant, dittoes, donates, dotiest, doviest, evasion, instate, instead, invades, naivest, natives, notated, sainted, satiate, snotted, stained, station, stative, stinted, tainted, toasted, tostada, vainest, vedanta

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word devastation

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In devastation

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devastation in Words With Friends™

The word devastation is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters devastation:

DEVASTATION
(189)
DEVASTATION
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DEVASTATION
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (38 words)

adonise, advents, anodise, atonias, attains, attends, aviated, aviates, avidest, dataset, dentist, destain, detains, deviant, distant, dittoes, donates, dotiest, doviest, evasion, instate, instead, invades, naivest, natives, notated, sainted, satiate, snotted, stained, station, stative, stinted, tainted, toasted, tostada, vainest, vedanta

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word devastation

DEVASTATION
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In devastation

DEVASTATION
(189)
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Words within the letters of devastation

2 letter words in devastation (18 words)

9 letter words in devastation (4 words)

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Words containing the sequence devastation

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