devastation (noun)
81plunder — I noun booty, depredation, devastation, foray, haul, ill gotten goods, illicit gains, loot, maraud, pillage, praeda, raid, rapina, rapine, ravin, razzia, robbery, sack, seizure, spoils, spoliation, stolen articles, stolen goods, take, theft II… …
82Disintermediation — Withdrawal of funds from a financial institution in order to invest them directly. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * disintermediation dis‧in‧ter‧me‧di‧a‧tion [dɪsˌɪntəmiːdiˈeɪʆn ǁ tər ] noun [uncountable] FINANCE BANKING when… …
83disintermediation — (1) The investing of funds that would normally have been placed in a bank or other financial institution ( financial intermediaries) directly into investment instruments issued by the ultimate users of the funds. Investors and borrowers transact… …
84wrack — I (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of: bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wreck. Slang: total. Idiom: put the kibosh on. See HELP …
85havoc — /ˈhævək / (say havuhk) noun 1. devastation; ruinous damage. 2. Obsolete (a word used as the signal for pillage in warfare): to cry havoc. –verb (havocked, havocking) –verb (t) 3. to work havoc upon. –verb (i) 4. to work havoc. –phrase 5 …
86rav´ag|er — rav|age «RAV ihj», verb, aged, ag|ing, noun. –v.t. to lay waste; damage greatly; destroy: »The forest fire ravaged many miles of country. Verdun, one of the oldest cities of France, has been a battleground ever since Attila the Hun ravaged it in… …
87rav|age — «RAV ihj», verb, aged, ag|ing, noun. –v.t. to lay waste; damage greatly; destroy: »The forest fire ravaged many miles of country. Verdun, one of the oldest cities of France, has been a battleground ever since Attila the Hun ravaged it in A.D. 450 …
88havoc — I. noun Etymology: Middle English havok, from Anglo French, modification of Old French havot plunder Date: 15th century 1. wide and general destruction ; devastation 2. great confusion and disorder < the blackout caused havoc in the city > II.… …
89killer — I. noun Date: 15th century 1. one that kills 2. killer whale 3. a. one that has a forceful, violent, or striking impact b. one that is extremely difficult to deal with II. adjective Date: 1951 1 …
90pogrom — I. noun Etymology: Yiddish, from Russian, literally, devastation Date: 1903 an organized massacre of helpless people; specifically such a massacre of Jews II. transitive verb Date: 1915 to massacre or destroy in a pogrom …
