[{"word":"devastate","phonetic":"/ˈdɛvəsteɪt/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈdɛvəsteɪt/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/devastate-us.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50244040","license":{"name":"BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["decimate","destroy","raze","ruin"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/devastate"]}]