ē-vasto — Lewis & Short
ē-vasto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I 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.