devastated

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devastated - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           Whole countries . . . were devastated.   --Macaulay.
  
     Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder;
          pillage.
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  devastated \devastated\ adj.
     same as desolated.
  
     Syn: blasted, desolate, desolated, ravaged, ruined, wasted.
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