vastation

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vastation

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