Definition of Devastates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of devastate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Devastates

1. devastate [v] - See also: devastate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Devastates

devaluer
devaluers
devalues
devaluing
devan
devanned
devanning
devaporation
devaprasnam
devas
devascularisation
devascularization
devast
devastate
devastated
devastates (current term)
devastating
devastatingly
devastation
devastational
devastations
devastative
devastator
devastators
devasted
devasting
devasts
devata
devatas
devein

Literary usage of Devastates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... Phillips to Virginia—Governor Jefferson's Letters to President of Congress—Phillips invades Virginia—devastates the Country—Arnold destroys the State ..."

2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"... of exchange for the luxuries of happier climates, may, in some measure, tame the tremendous element which occasionally devastates their provinces. ..."

3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1841)
"... and devastates the Plain of the Mitidja” Reinforcement of the French array in Africa, and Successes there. ..."

4. Turkish Literature; Comprising Fables, Belles-lettres and Sacred Traditions by Epiphanius Wilson (1901)
"XLVI KING WINTER devastates THE ROSE GARDEN IN A SNOWSTORM AND then he gave command unto his hosts. " Make ready," said he, " for a long campaign. ..."

5. The War of Greek Independence, 1821 to 1833 by Walter Alison Phillips (1897)
"... check at the Mills of Lerna —He devastates the Morea—Desperate condition of the Greeks THE Greeks were far from realising the full import of Ibrahim's ..."

6. Cromwell as a Soldier by Thomas Stanford Baldock (1899)
"... in the Highlands—Contrast between the English and Scotch armies— Leslie's strategy—Topography of Southern Scotland—Leslie devastates the south-eastern ..."

7. The History of Portugal: From the Commencement of the Monarchy to the Reign by Edward McMurdo (1889)
"... Portugal—Approach of the Spanish army— devastates and sacks Portugal—Withdrawal from Portugal of all influential persons—Violent measures aro taken—New ..."

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