devastate
verb- devastate something
to completely destroy a place or an area 徹底破壞;摧毀;毀滅 - [often passive] devastate somebody
to make somebody feel very shocked and sad Topics Feelingsc1使震驚;使極爲憂傷;使極爲悲痛
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin devastat- ‘laid waste’, from the verb devastare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + vastare ‘lay waste’.