different between mangey vs devastate
mangey
English
Adjective
mangey (comparative more mangey, superlative most mangey)
- Alternative form of mangy
Anagrams
- gaymen
mangey From the web:
- what does mangy mean
- what does mangy
- definition mangy
devastate
English
Etymology
From Latin d?vast?tus, perfect passive participle of d?vast?, from d?- (augmentative prefix) + vast? (“I destroy, I lay waste to”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?v?ste?t/
Verb
devastate (third-person singular simple present devastates, present participle devastating, simple past and past participle devastated)
- 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.
- To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
- To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
- To greatly demoralize, to cause to suffer intense grief or dismay
Synonyms
- (to lay waste) decimate (sometimes proscribed); destroy; raze (to structures); ruin
Derived terms
- devastated (adjective)
Related terms
- devastation
- devastavit
Translations
Further reading
- devastate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- devastate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- devastate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Ido
Verb
devastate
- adverbial present passive participle of devastar
Italian
Verb
devastate
- inflection of devastare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
- feminine plural of devastato
Anagrams
- destavate, detestava
Latin
Verb
d?v?st?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of d?v?st?
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