Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To lay waste; devastate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To devastate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
devastate .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This will have a devast-ating effect on D.C. business.
D.C. Transportation chief Gabe Klein tried to restore balance in District travel Robert Thomson 2010
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This will have a devast-ating effect on D.C. business.
D.C. Transportation chief Gabe Klein tried to restore balance in District travel Robert Thomson 2010
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There is also a janwar called wild bores here which is ferocious and dangerous sorts to shoot with gun but I can arrange for them also as they are highly destructivrous to corns of poor peoples and are worthy for killing because they devast the fields too much by their carnivrous fooding.
The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900
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In 1963 hurricane Flora, the sixth deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, devast ated the island.
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In 1963 hurricane Flora, the sixth deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, devast ated the island.
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In 1963 hurricane Flora, the sixth deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, devast ated the island.
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It ` s like, like, if I was like, I dunno, like someone who, like, gave a shit I ` d be like, I dunno, devast-ay-ted.
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