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Webster 1913 Edition

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Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Devastated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Devastating

[L.

devastatus

, p. p. of

devastare

to devastate;

vastare

to lay waste,

vastus

waste. See

To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.

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

Verb.

[L., to waste. See Waste.] To lay waste; to waste; to ravage; to desolate; to destroy improvements.