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Thesaurus: devastate

To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.

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  1. v. t. To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
  2. v. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  3. v. overwhelm or overpower
  4. To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate. Whole countries . . . were devastated. Macaulay. Syn. -- To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage.
  5. To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.Whole countries . . . were devastated. Macaulay.
  6. v:100 v. overwhelm or overpower