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What is the noun for devastate?

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devastavit
  1. (property law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastation.
  2. (property law) In full, writ of devastavit: a writ issued against an executor or administrator claiming compensation for such misapplication of assets.
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    1. “Her house was reduced to ashes in a devastating fire, resulting in a devastating devastavit of her belongings.”
devastation
  1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
  2. (law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.
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    1. “The ashes and the smoke from the devastation drifted through the air throughout the city for days after the tragic event.”
      “Air bombardment of military factories led to the devastation of the landscape.”
      “There are no words to describe the sense of devastation felt by both families.”
devastator
  1. one who devastates.
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    1. “Margaret looked coolly enough at this devastator of hearts, and thought that her own cousin Carlos was far handsomer.”
      “Shackled tightly by luxury tax constraints, the Celtics were not able to re-sign the versatile Rogers or much-vaunted defensive devastator Erick Strickland.”
      “It has been humorously conjectured, that from this ruthless devastator originated the phrase to give a dowsing.”
devastations
  1. plural of devastation
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    1. “The year after the departure of Porsen'na, the sab'ines invading the Roman territories, committed great devastations.”
      “Many won't even know of the devastations caused by their adopted son.”
      “After the devastations by the Slavs and the Avars, large areas of the Balkans became depopulated.”
devastators
devastavits
  1. plural of devastavit
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    1. “He was without authority, as the administrator in chief was without duty to him, for defaults or devastavits during the preceding administration.”
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