Devastation: alternatives and connections

The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the na…

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To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.

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A tithing.

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of Demolish

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The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, t…

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An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent.

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The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds fro…

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A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations.

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A kiln.

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of Level

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The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated.

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The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.

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The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction.

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of Raze

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The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.

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of Ruin

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The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide.

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The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.

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The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monument…

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of Wreck

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The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

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of End

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of Feel

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The state of being impaired; injury.

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The act of pillaging; robbery.

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of Pillage

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of Plunder

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The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.

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The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

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Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

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To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.

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To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.

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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

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The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

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of Ravage

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