verb (v)

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  desolate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste
  

  source: wordnet30
• overwhelm or overpower(verb.change)

  Example:
  He was devastated by his grief when his son died.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.(verb)

  source: webster1913