vastation
/vaˈsteɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun] archaic or literary
1The purification of someone or something by the destruction of evil qualities or elements; spiritual purgation.Reaching this point of powerlessness - of emptiness - is the vastation that Swedenborg talks about....
- Some vastation is necessary so that our remains can be safely brought to our assistance through His mercy.
2Devastation.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from Latin vastatio(n-), from vastare 'lay waste'.
- stridor
- stridulant
- stridulate
- stridulation
- stridulatory
- stridulous
- strife
- strigil
- strigose
- strikable
- strike
- strike a balance
- strike a blow for (or against)
- strike a blow for (or at/against)
- strike a chord
- strike a discordant note
- strike a light
- strike an attitude (or pose)
- strike at the root (or roots) of
- strike back
- strike-break
- strike-breaker
- strike force
- strike gold
- strike hands