How to pronounce devastated in American English
“devastated” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to devastated the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “devastated” in: all accents · British English (363 clips)
“devastated” in real sentences — American speakers
428 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We’re still recovering from the dislocations of COVID, which devastated trade, it devastated travel, it devastated
State Department
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Businesses were devastated.
FEMA
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Their families were devastated.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “devastated”
Words one sound away from devastated — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “devastated”
Why real speech
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