2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devastation \Dev`as*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]vastation.]
1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated;
a laying waste.
Even now the devastation is begun, And half the
business of destruction done --Goldsmith.
2. (Law) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or
administrator. --Blackstone.
Syn: Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin;
overthrow.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
devastation
n 1: the state of being decayed or destroyed [syn: {desolation},
{ruin}]
2: an event that results in total destruction [syn: {desolation}]
3: plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn: {ravaging}]
4: termination by an act of destruction [syn: {destruction}]
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