Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

vastation

Syllabification: (vas·ta·tion)
Pronunciation: /vaˈstāSHən/

Definition of vastation

noun

literary
  • the action or process of emptying or purifying someone or something, typically violently or drastically.

Origin:

mid 16th century: from Latin vastatio(n-), from vastare 'lay waste'

vastation in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of vastation in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

leporine

/ ˈlɛpərʌɪn /
adjective
of or resembling a hare or hares …