Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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disaster | Yes | No | No | No |
devastation | Yes | No | No | No |
disaster (noun) | devastation (noun) |
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an act that has disastrous consequences | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists |
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | plundering with excessive damage and destruction |
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune | an event that results in total destruction |
the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed | |
the state of being decayed or destroyed |