Definition of "devastated" []

• Extremely upset and shocked. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of devastate. (verb)

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• "The proceeds go to no-kill shelters and animal rescue groups, particularly in devastated environments (think of the dogs and cats post-Hurricane Katrina)."
• "Months after Katrina, and Wilma the Gulf Coast region (and New Orleans especially) remain devastated, and its people scattered around the country because the lying sack-of-shiite prezidisapointment stood on national television in prime time amid floodlights in New Orleans and …. lied."
• "First let me say that I am a Christian and a federal government employee employed by an agency that quite often works in devastated areas †the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers."