{
    "term": "devastate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "devastate",
            "heSheIt": "devastates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "devastated",
        "pastParticiple": "devastated",
        "ingForm": "devastating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to completely destroy a place or an area",
            "sensetop": "devastate something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make somebody feel very shocked and sad",
            "sensetop": "devastate somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪt/",
                "audio": "de/devastate/devastate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪts/",
                "audio": "de/devastate/devastates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "de/devastate/devastated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/devastate/devastating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪt/",
                "audio": "de/devastate/devastate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪts/",
                "audio": "de/devastate/devastates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "de/devastate/devastated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/devastate/devastating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from Latin devastat- ‘laid waste’, from the verb devastare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + vastare ‘lay waste’."
}