devastating

Variant of devastate

devastate definition

dev·as·tate (dev′ə stāt′)

transitive verb devastated -·tat′ed, devastating -·tat′·ing

  1. to lay waste; make desolate; ravage; destroy
  2. to make helpless; overwhelm the teacher's criticism devastated him

Etymology: < L devastatus, pp. of devastare, to lay waste < de-, intens. + vastare, to make empty < vastus, empty: see vast

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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