DEVAST
De*vast", v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. dévaster. See Devastate.]
Defn: To devastate. [Obs.] Bolingbroke.
DEVASTATE
Dev"as*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Devastating.] Etym: [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate;
de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See Vast.]
Defn: To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
Whole countries . . . were devastated. Macaulay.
Syn.
— To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage.
DEVASTATION
Dev`as*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dévastation.]
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)
Defn: Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator. Blackstone.
Syn.
— Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin; overthrow.