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Laid waste, desolate. Obsolete.
Of former places of habitation or cultivation, buildings, etc.: Devastated, ruinous. Obsolete.
Brought to desolation, laid waste (see desolate, v.). Obsolete.
Laid waste, devastated, ravaged, ruined.
Esp. of land, a country, etc.: devastated, laid waste.
That has been devastated or laid waste; severely damaged or scarred.
That has been devastated or ravaged.