devastate

verb4

1. •
   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.

   • Halifax in Canada was devastated by a ship exploding in 1917. SS Mont Blanc, a French vessel loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives, collided with the Imo. — 2022
2. •
   To greatly demoralize, to cause to suffer intense grief or dismay
3. •
   To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
4. •
   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.