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2 definitions found 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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