devastation

Meanings

Noun

• the state of being decayed or destroyed
• the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed
  • "her departure left him in utter devastation"
• an event that results in total destruction
• plundering with excessive damage and destruction
• the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

Synonyms

desolation, destruction, ravaging