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devasts

devasts is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 devasts

What is devasts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Devasts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of devast.

Words near devasts in the dictionary

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

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