ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Devast

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Devast is a verb meaning (obsolete) To devastate.

Meaning

(obsolete) To devastate.

Example Sentences

a. 1751, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, an essay The countries devasted, the cities laid in ruins , and none of the colleges of the learned to be found

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include waste, desolate, devastate, decimate, ravage, confound.

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