herrimentn.
Scottish.
Harrying, ravaging, devastation.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation
harryingc900
harrowingc1000
wastinga1300
destructionc1330
harryc1330
wastenessa1382
wastitya1382
desolation1382
unroningnessa1400
wrackc1407
exile1436
havoc1480
hership1487
vastation1545
vastitude1545
sackc1550
population1552
waste1560
ravishment1570
riotingc1580
pull-down1588
desolating1591
degast1592
devastation1603
ravage1611
wracking1611
ravagement1766
herriment1787
carnage1848
wastage1909
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1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 79 The herryment and ruin of the country.
1836 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 3 426 It was..the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments.
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