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Vastare is the Latin root word of 'devastate'. The Latin verb means 'to empty, make empty'. It also may be translated loosely as 'to prey upon'.

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The Latin root for "devastate" is "de-" meaning thoroughly or intensively, and "vastare" meaning to lay waste or make empty.

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