Devastate
Devastate (?; 277) , transitive verb
[Latin devastatus, past participle of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See Vast.]
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
Whole countries... were devastated.
Devastate (?; 277) , transitive verb
[Latin devastatus, past participle of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See Vast.]