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  • adjective same as desolated.

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  • adjective Extremely upset and shocked.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of devastate.

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Examples

  • The proceeds go to no-kill shelters and animal rescue groups, particularly in devastated environments (think of the dogs and cats post-Hurricane Katrina).

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway swan_tower 2009

  • Months after Katrina, and Wilma the Gulf Coast region (and New Orleans especially) remain devastated, and its people scattered around the country because the lying sack-of-shiite prezidisapointment stood on national television in prime time amid floodlights in New Orleans and …. lied.

    Think Progress » O’Reilly Finally Unveils Enemies List 2005

  • First let me say that I am a Christian and a federal government employee employed by an agency that quite often works in devastated areas †the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    Should New Orleans be rebuilt? « BuzzMachine 2005

  • The 1864 Battle of Franklin devastated the town and sent it into a deep sleep for a century.

    USATODAY.com 2002

  • Three years after Stewart's disappearance, Boone's life was again devastated when a Cherokee tortured and killed his eldest child, 16-year-old James, and later another son, a brother, and a nephew were also killed during the often bloody fighting over the settling of Kentucky.

    Great American Hunters: Daniel Boone 1999

  • Three years after Stewart's disappearance, Boone's life was again devastated when a Cherokee tortured and killed his eldest child, 16-year-old James, and later another son, a brother, and a nephew were also killed during the often bloody fighting over the settling of Kentucky.

    Great American Hunters: Daniel Boone 1999

  • Budapest was again devastated and the future looked rather dim.

    George A. Olah - Autobiography 1995

  • But it was in devastated cities, such as Cologne and Dusseldorf, that the change was most noticeable.

    Europe Still Holds The Key 1949

  • In my opinion, Epstein devastated Yoo’s arguments although it was much too short to explore any particular topic in depth.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Yoo v. Epstein on Executive Power and the Al-Quaeda 7: 2010

  • The spinach crisis was ultimately linked to one produc er in California, but the recall devastated the industry and its sales have still not recovered.

    Republican Targets Use Alicia Mundy 2010

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