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English
Noun
vastation
- Devastation, laying waste.
1648, J Hall, chapter XXXI, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. , London: Nath Brooke, , published 1654, →OCLC, pages 98–99:O the vvoful deſolations of that ſelect people ! VVhat is it, to tell of the ſuffoſſion of her vineyards? vaſtation of her tents? the devouring of her land?