devastate
(verb) overwhelm or overpower; “He was devastated by his grief when his son died”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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 lay waste) decimate (sometimes proscribed); destroy; raze (to structures); ruin
Source: Wiktionary
Dev"as*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n. Devastating.] Etym: [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See Vast.]
Definition: To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate. Whole countries . . . were devastated. Macaulay.
Syn.
– To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 March 2025
(verb) be about; “The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”; “Who is this man that is hanging around the department?”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
