Vocabulary
Devastation
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
great destruction or damage.
Urdu meaning
تباہی ، شدید المناک
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- For a country responsible for less than one per cent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the devastation was not just tragic, it was unjust.
- Indeed, the present floods may not rival the devastation caused by the 2002 deluge.
- Unfortunately, the muted global response to this year`s devastation suggests that even if help arrives, it will be too little to meet the need.
- What is being proposed is not easy to do but it will have to be part of a larger legal and institutional arrangement to tackle the flooding issue, and to save Pakistan from recurring devastation.
- HE federal cabinet`s decision to declare a climate and agriculture emergency in the country was overdue given the magnitude of devastation resulting from the floods sweeping across Punjab and beyond.
Synonyms
destruction,depredation, ruin, wreckage; desolation, waste, ravages, havoc, ruins
Antonyms
rescue, salvation, salvage, saving
Curator example
“the floods caused widespread devastation”
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