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devastation

/ˌdɛvəˈsteɪʃn/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˌdɛvəˈsteɪʃn/
ˌdɛvəˈsteɪʃn
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
3rd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final -tion sounds like shun

ˌdɛvə - ˈsteɪʃn -> devastation

Myanmar meaning

(n) ပျက်စီးခြင်း။

Full entry

devastate /'devǝsteÇt/ v

(က) မွှေနှောက်ဖျက်ဆီးသည်။ ဖွတ်ဖွတ် ညက်ညက်ကြေစေသည်။
a country devastated by war ❍ Bombs had devastated the town.
(ခ) (infml ) (often passive) ဝမ်းနည်းပက်လက် ဖြစ်စေသည်။ ယူကျုံးမရဖြစ်စေသည်။
She was devastated by (the news of) his death.
❏ devastating /'devǝsteÇtÇŋ/ adj
၁။ အကြီးအကျယ် ဖျက်ဆီးသော။ ဖွတ်ဖွတ်ညက်ညက် ကြေစေသော။
a devastating war/famine/storm.
၂။ ယူကျုံးမရဖြစ်စေသော။ စိတ်ထိခိုက် စေသော။ devastating criticism/news.
၃။ (infml ) အထင်ကြီးစေသော။ ထိမိသော။ devastating wit ❍ She looked devastating (ie very beautiful). ❍ He played with devastating effect. devastatingly adv
❏ devastation /devǝ'steÇʃn/ n [U] ကြီးစွာသော အပျက် အစီး။
The storm left scenes of utter devastation.

More examples
  • Western India was devastated by a huge earthquake.
  • Mary’s sisters were devastated by her disappearance.
Synonyms
destroy, demolish, ravage, wreck, ruin, spoil, confound, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devour, distress, do one in, lay waste, level, overcome, overwhelm, pillage, plunder, raid, raze, sack, shatter, shock, smash, spoliate, stamp out, take apart, total, trash, upset, waste, wipe off map
Antonyms
build, comfort, construct, create, enrich, guard, help, improve, preserve, protect, save
Cross references
destroydemolishravagewreckruinspoilconfounddepredatedesecratedesolatedespoildevourdistressdo one inlay wastelevelovercomeoverwhelmpillageplunderraidrazesackshattershocksmashspoliatestamp out
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