English words for 'plural of devastation'
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noun
- (figurative) Destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss.
- A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.
- (countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
- an irretrievable loss
- a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
- an accident that destroys a ship at sea
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- The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.
- A loss of reputation.
- The cause of being ruined, destroyed or lost.
- The act of ruining or wrecking.
- failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
- an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
- an event that results in destruction
- destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
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- (uncountable) The action of destroying or ruining; destruction, ruin.
- (countable, law) A lawsuit brought or writ issued by an incumbent against another, claiming that the latter has wrongfully taken the emoluments of a benefice.
- (uncountable) The intentional destruction of, or tampering with, a document so as to impair its evidentiary value.
- (international law, uncountable) The systematic forcible seizure of property during a crisis or state of unrest such as that caused by war, now regarded as a crime; looting, pillage, plunder; (countable) an instance of this.
- (nautical, historical, uncountable) The government-sanctioned action or practice of plundering neutral ships at sea; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) The action of an incumbent (“holder of an ecclesiastical benefice”) wrongfully depriving another of the emoluments of a benefice.
- the act of stripping and taking by force
- (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
noun
- (figurative) Destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss.
- A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.
- (countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
- an irretrievable loss
- a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
- an accident that destroys a ship at sea
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- The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.
- A loss of reputation.
- The cause of being ruined, destroyed or lost.
- The act of ruining or wrecking.
- failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
- an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
- an event that results in destruction
- destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
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- (uncountable) The action of destroying or ruining; destruction, ruin.
- (countable, law) A lawsuit brought or writ issued by an incumbent against another, claiming that the latter has wrongfully taken the emoluments of a benefice.
- (uncountable) The intentional destruction of, or tampering with, a document so as to impair its evidentiary value.
- (international law, uncountable) The systematic forcible seizure of property during a crisis or state of unrest such as that caused by war, now regarded as a crime; looting, pillage, plunder; (countable) an instance of this.
- (nautical, historical, uncountable) The government-sanctioned action or practice of plundering neutral ships at sea; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) The action of an incumbent (“holder of an ecclesiastical benefice”) wrongfully depriving another of the emoluments of a benefice.
- the act of stripping and taking by force
- (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
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