devastate Copy link Outline 1. vasto, 1 (to render waste and desolate)2. pŏpŭlor, also pŏpŭlo, act., 1 (strictly, to rid of inhabitants)3. exĭnānio, 4 (to empty of everything) • devastate: 1. vasto, 1 (to render waste and desolate): Join: vastare atque praedari, Caes.; v. et diripere, v. atque exinanire (agros), Cic.; v. atque populari, Hirt. The comps. dēvasto, pervasto (to d. completely), also occur: Liv. 2. pŏpŭlor, also pŏpŭlo, act., 1 (strictly, to rid of inhabitants): the city of Rome was d.d by the wrath of the gods (by a pestilence), urbem Romanam ira deorum populari, Liv.: but the dep. form is more usual, to d. lands, agros populari, Caes.: Cic. Comps., dēpŏpŭlor (to d. utterly): Caes.; also perpŏpŭlor (in same sense): Liv. 3. exĭnānio, 4 (to empty of everything): Cic. (v. supr. 1). See also devastation.