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单词 devastate
释义 devastate
 —devastative,  adj.   —devastator,  n.  
 /dev"euh stayt'/, v.t., devastated, devastating.
  1. to lay waste; render desolate: The invaders devastated the city.
  2. to overwhelm.
 [1625-35; < L devastatus laid waste (ptp. of devastare), equiv. to de- DE- + vast(are) to lay waste (akin to vastus empty) + -atus -ATE1]
 Syn. 1. destroy, sack, despoil. See ravage.
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