ē-vasto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to lay utterly waste, to devastate (a favorite word of Livy; elsewh. very rare): omnia, Liv. 10, 15; 5, 5; 8, 37; 28, 44; 32, 33, 14 Drak. et saep.; Vop. Aurel. 15; Sil. 15, 185.