devastate

v. destroy, ruin

Verb
1. devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
(synonym) lay waste to, waste, desolate, ravage, scourge
(hypernym) destroy, ruin
(hyponym) ruin
(derivation) devastation, desolation
2. overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
(hypernym) overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
(derivation) devastation

v. devastate, waste, lay waste, harry, overrun, ravage

adj. ruined, destroyed, devastated, plundered

v. devastate, lay waste

(v. t.)
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.