how to pronounce devastate

/ˈdɛv.ə.stɛɪt/

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devastate is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of devastate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… devastate the area would devastate the …”

meanings of devastate

verb:

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 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.

devastate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word devastate occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics devastate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that devastate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) life, nature, and living environment;

3) people, society, and culture;