[{"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["laid waste; made desolate:After the earthquake there were concerns about asbestos in the rubble of many of the devastated houses.", "overwhelmed or shocked, especially by profound loss, disappointment, humiliation, etc.:I’m grateful that no one I knew personally died in the hurricane, but my heart goes out to all those devastated families."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb", "List Items": ["the simple past tense and past participle of devastate ( def ) devastate ( def )."]}]