devastation

[ dev-uh-stey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of devastating; destruction.

  2. devastated state; desolation.

Origin of devastation

1
1425–75; late Middle English <Late Latin dēvastātiōn- (stem of dēvastātiō), equivalent to Latin dēvastāt(us) (see devastate) + -iōn--ion

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