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devast

devast verb: to devastate.

Verb

devast (third-person singular simple present devasts, present participle devasting, simple past and past participle devasted)

  1. (obsolete) To devastate.
    • a. 1751, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, an essay
      The countries devasted, the cities laid in ruins , and none of the colleges of the learned to be found

Forms of devast

third-person singular presentdevasts
present participledevasting
past participledevasted
pastdevasted

Origin of devast

Compare French dévaster. See devastate.

Questions about devast

What does devast mean?
Devast means to devastate.
What part of speech is devast?
Devast is a verb.
What is the past tense of devast?
The past tense of devast is devasted.

Words near devast in the dictionary

  1. devascularization
  2. devascularizations
  3. devascularize
  4. devascularized
  5. Devasena
  6. devast
  7. devastate
  8. devastated
  9. devastates
  10. devastating
  11. devastatingly

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