devastatingly


dev·as·tate

D0177500 (dĕv′ə-stāt′)tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy.2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark.
[Latin dēvāstāre, dēvāstāt- : dē-, de- + vāstāre, to lay waste (from vāstus, empty, desolate; see euə- in Indo-European roots).]
dev′as·tat′ing·ly adv.dev′as·ta′tion n.dev′as·ta′tor n.
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