Past tense of devastate
regular verb
The past tense of devastate is devastated. The past participle is also devastated.
Forms of devastate
| Base form (V1) | devastate /ˈdɛv.ə.steɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/ |
| Present participle | devastating |
| Third person singular | devastates |
Devastated in a sentence
- Halifax in Canada was devastated by a ship exploding in 1917.2022 August 24, Bruce Healey, “Wartime tunnel crash: a miraculous escape”, in RAIL, number 964, page 53
- In the first half of the twentieth century, Mars devastated Europe.From the entry mars
- Mary Ann was devastated when she found out her son was bullying a girl at school.From the entry devastated
- The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape.From the entry effect
- Katzenberg is treated as royalty himself, has been devastated since Mr.2024 July 11, Theodore Schleifer, Jacob Bernstein, Reid J. Epstein, “How Biden Lost George Clooney and Hollywood”, in The New York Times…. From the entry royalty
Meaning of devastate
- verb 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.
- verb To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
- verb To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
Questions about the past tense of devastate
- What is the past tense of devastate?
- The past tense of devastate is devastated.
- What is the past participle of devastate?
- The past participle of devastate is devastated.
- Is devastate a regular or irregular verb?
- Devastate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
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