The “vast” is related to “waste”, and the whole word comes out as “to knock down and lay waste”.
- 12.071 a devastating sound which shook Bilbo to the floor,
“devastate, v.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2015. Web. 27 July 2015.
The “vast” is related to “waste”, and the whole word comes out as “to knock down and lay waste”.
“devastate, v.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2015. Web. 27 July 2015.