Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Devastation \Dev`as*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]vastation.]
   1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated;
      a laying waste.

            Even now the devastation is begun, And half the
            business of destruction done.         --Goldsmith.

   2. (Law) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or
      administrator. --Blackstone.

   Syn: Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin;
        overthrow.

Source : WordNet®

devastation
     n 1: the state of being decayed or destroyed [syn: {desolation}]
     2: the feeling of being counfounded or overwhelmed; "her
        departure left him in utter devasation"
     3: an event that results in total destruction [syn: {desolation}]
     4: plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn: {ravaging}]
     5: termination by an act of destruction [syn: {destruction}]