Lewis Short
(verb) : ē-vasto, āvi, ātum, 1
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary