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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