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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Devastated}; p. pr & vb n. {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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
devastate
v 1: devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside
after the invasion" [syn: {lay waste to}, {waste}, {desolate},
{ravage}]
2: overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when
his son died"
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