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Definition of Devastators
1. devastator [n] - See also: devastator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devastators
Literary usage of Devastators
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1852)
"The emperor was thereupon appeased, and he with an imperial edict stopped the
ravages of his devastators. • Money is extorted from the citizens of London. ..."
2. Case Studies in the Achievement of Air Superiority by B. Franklin Cooling, Center for Air Force History (U.S.) (1994)
"Douglas TBD devastators on board the USS Enterprise prior to take off for the
Battle of Midway; only four of these torpedo-bombers returned. ..."
3. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1901)
"In England of the present day the devastators, a handsome man and a beautiful
woman, spoil two homes. Peggy Le Marchand comes from Australia with her family ..."
4. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1901)
"In England of the present day the devastators, a handsome man and a beautiful
woman, spoil two homes. Peggy Le Marchand comes from Australia with her family ..."
5. The Sutherland Evictions of 1814: Former and Recent Statements Respecting by Thomas Sellar (1883)
"His words, already quoted, are : — When they [the devastators] had overthrown
the houses, they ultimately set fire to the wreck ; so that timber, furniture, ..."