What is the Latin word for devastate?

The usual Latin words for “devastate” are vāstō, dēvāstō, populāris; also dēpopulor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“devastate” in Latin

vāstōto devastate, destroy, ravage, lay waste dēvāstōto lay waste, devastate populārispopular (by, of or for the people); of the same people or country; native, indigenous dēpopulorto sack, plunder, pillage, despoil; to ravage, devastate, destroy, lay waste

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

devastate

vastare: devastare: pervastare: populari. depopulari: perpopulari (vastare, to lay waste from rage or policy; to destroy the property of an enemy: πέρθειν: populari, to plunder on a great scale for one’s own use; carrying off the crops and driving off the herds: devastare seldom, not pre-Augustan): ferro ignique or igni ferroque vastare; ferro flammisque pervastare. Vid: LAY WASTE.

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What is the Latin word for devastate?: The usual Latin words for “devastate” are vāstō, dēvāstō, populāris; also dēpopulor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.