devastate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: devastate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
devastate v cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" Synonym(s): lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
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.