(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:02:25

Dev"as*tate Devastating.] [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See Vast.]

To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.

Whole countries . . . were devastated. Macaulay.

Syn. -- To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage.

 

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