dev·as·tate 
(dĕvə-stāt′)
(dĕvə-stāt′)tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates
1. To lay waste; destroy.
2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark.
[Latin dēvāstāre, dēvāstāt- : dē-, de- + vāstāre, to lay waste (from vāstus, empty, desolate; see euə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]
devas·tat′ing·ly adv.
dev′as·tation n.
devas·ta′tor n.