devastated• He says that he believes the police actioncontributed to his gran's death: the whole family are devastated.• His family and friends are devastated.• She says I spoke to people last night, everyone is devastated.• Clare was devastated and swore that she would never go back to school again.• The whole town was devastated by the tragedy, in which fourteen schoolchildrendied.• The move comes after banditsstolehalf of the food aidsent to savestarving millions in the devastated country.• When we got back, we were devastated to find that the house had been burgled, and everything of value taken.