D / dēvasto
verb transitive

dēvasto

no perf., ātum, 1
to lay waste, devastate
to lay waste, devastate (rare, and perh. not anteAug.): fines, Liv. 4, 59: Marsos, id. 22, 9: agmina ferro, Ov. M. 13, 255.—
fortitudinem, Vulg. Isa. 23, 14: ecclesiam, id. Act. 8, 3. figuratively
Trop.: fortitudinem, Vulg. Isa. 23, 14: ecclesiam, id. Act. 8, 3.