devastator

[Low Lat. devastator; Ital. dev a stat ore.] One who devastates, plunders, or lays waste; a plunderer. "He marched against the devastators of the Palatinate."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xiv. *de-vas-tā-vit, s. [Lat. he has wasted, 3d pers. sing. perf. indic. of devas to =to waste.] Law : A writ which lies against in executor or administrator, who wastes or misapplies the goods of a deceased person. *de-vas-ti-ta-tion, s. [Lat. de fully, and vas tit as a wilderne , a waste.] A destruction, dev IMG:content-2337.png:[blocks in formation] devaunt to keep moost exactly." -Fuller: Church History, vi. 320.