# devastate vs devastated

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### devastate
*verb · IPA /ˈdɛv.ə.steɪt/ · frequency rank #45,881*
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.

### devastated
*adjective · frequency rank #10,838*
Ruined, ravaged.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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