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.