DEVASTATED

Adjective

devastated (comparative more devastated, superlative most devastated)

Ruined, ravaged.

Extremely upset and shocked.

Verb

devastated

simple past tense and past participle of devastate

Source: Wiktionary


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.]

Definition: To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate. Whole countries . . . were devastated. Macaulay.

Syn.

– To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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