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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
devastate /ˈdɛvəsteɪt/
▶verb
- 1 destroy or ruin.
- 2 cause (someone) severe and overwhelming shock or grief.
– derivatives
devastation noun,
devastator noun.
devastation noun,
devastator noun.
– origin C17 (earlier (ME) as devastation): from L. devastat-, devastare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + vastare ‘lay waste’.
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