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devasting

devasting is the present participle and gerund of devast.

Meaning of devast

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

Questions about devasting

What is devasting the present participle and gerund of?
Devasting is the present participle and gerund of devast.

Words near devasting in the dictionary

  1. devastator
  2. devastators
  3. devastavit
  4. devastavits
  5. devasted
  6. devasting
  7. devasts
  8. devata
  9. devatas
  10. Devauden
  11. DeVaughn

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