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1 vāstificus
vāstificus adj. [vastus+2 FAC-], ravaging, devastating: belua, C. poët.* * *vastifica, vastificum ADJ -
2 internecīvus
internecīvus adj. [internecio], murderous, destructive: bellum, of extermination, C., L.* * *interneciva, internecivum ADJmurderous, deadly (quarrels); devastating (disease); fought to the death (war) -
3 populābundus
populābundus adj. [populor], laying waste, ravaging: in finīs Romanos excucurrerunt populabundi, L.: per agrum ierat, L.* * *populabunda, populabundum ADJlaying waste, devastating -
4 internicivus
interniciva, internicivum ADJmurderous, deadly (quarrels); devastating (disease); fought to the death (war) -
5 Melanoplus devastator
VOCABULARIUM NOMINUM ANIMALIUM QUINQUELINGUE > Melanoplus devastator
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6 exuro
ex-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to burn out, burn up, consume (class.; syn.: incendo, accendo, inflammo, cremo).I.Lit.:B.illic oculos exuram lampadibus ardentibus,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 86; 88:fores,
id. Pers. 4, 4, 20:domi suae vivus exustus est,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 70:vicos complures,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5:classem Argivum,
Verg. A. 1, 39.—Transf., to dry up:II.loca exusta solis ardoribus,
Sall. J. 19, 6:paludem,
Verg. G. 3, 432:lacus,
Phaedr. 1, 6, 7:agrum,
Verg. G. 1, 107:res exustae torrentibus auris,
Lucr. 5, 410:caseum (sol),
Col. 7, 8, 5:segetem,
Plin. 17, 9, 7, § 56:aliquem (sitis),
Lucr. 3, 917; Curt. 4, 16, 7:Pyrrhus Italiam bellis saevissimis exurens,
laying waste, devastating, Amm. 21, 1.—Trop.A. B.To consume, destroy:aliis scelus exuritur igni,
Verg. A. 6, 742:exustus flos veteris ubertatis,
dried up, Cic. Brut. 4, 16. -
7 populatus
pŏpŭlātus, ūs, m. [populor], a laying waste, a devastating, devastation ( poet.), Luc. 2, 634:squalent populatibus agri,
Claud. in Eutr. 1, 244:coërcere populatibus,
Sid. Ep. 3, 3, p. 181, 40. -
8 vastabundus
vastābundus, a, um, adj. [vasto], wasting, desolating, devastating, Amm. 31, 8, 6. -
9 vastatorius
vastātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], wasting, ravaging, devastating (late Lat.):manus hostium,
Amm. 18, 6, 9:globus,
id. 19, 9, 7. -
10 vastificus
vastĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. [vastus-facio], laying waste, ravaging, devastating: Erymanthia vastifica belua, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22.
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