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Webster 1913 Edition
Devastation
Devˊas-ta′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
dévastation
.] 1.
The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
Even now the
And half the business of destruction done.
devastation
is begun,And half the business of destruction done.
Goldsmith.
Syn. – Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin; overthrow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Devastation
DEVASTATION
,Noun.
1.
Waste; ravage; desolation; destruction of works of art and natural productions which are necessary or useful to man; havock; as by armies, fire, flood, &c.2.
IN law, waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor, or administrator.