Verheeren — meaning in English
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English meaning
- decimate verb To destroy or reduce a large part of something.
- devastate verb To destroy something on a large scale.
- devastation noun Widespread destruction, or the state of having been destroyed.
Senses
Verheeren is used for these senses in English:
- decimate (loosely) To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
- devastate 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.
- devastation The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
- lay waste (transitive) To completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.
decimate — full definition
- verb To destroy or reduce a large part of something.
- verb Historically, to kill one in every ten of a group, especially as a punishment carried out in the Roman army.
devastate — full definition
- verb To destroy something on a large scale.
- verb To leave someone deeply shocked and upset.