'Devastated' definitions:
Definition of 'Devastated'
From: GCIDE
- Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n. Devastating.] [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See Vast.] To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate. [1913 Webster]
- Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay.
- Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'devastated'
From: GCIDE
- devastated \devastated\ adj. same as desolated.
- Syn: blasted, desolate, desolated, ravaged, ruined, wasted. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]