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devastation

[dev-uh-stey-shuhn] / ˌdɛv əˈsteɪ ʃən /


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A further 55,000 people have been evacuated from six towns in France, as wildfires which have caused devastation across the country pick up pace.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Their chemistry makes the emotional devastation of this tragedy that much more real: Every main actor sheds a real tear over the course of the show.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

"It’s just devastation, totally devastated," James Shellingford, a 60-year-old Briton who lives in the small whitewashed village of Bedar where the victims were found, told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

Yet the devastation was not evenly distributed across the tree of life.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Dad calls her Hurricane Gloria because he says she leaves a trail of devastation in her wake.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

Tucson’s crater-like monument notwithstanding, these impacts feel less like the strikes of meteors than the devastations of a cancer devouring us from within.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2023

The Indus River, which caused much of the devastations in Sindh, is now at normal levels, though authorities say it will take another two months to completely drain the water.

From Seattle Times Oct. 17, 2022

Like many of the songs on Punisher, I Know The End juxtaposes Bridgers' personal devastations with those of the world crumbling outside her front door.

From BBC Dec. 16, 2020

It lends a discordant note to this riotous, hilarious book, which achieves depth through Brown’s strong feeling for both the quiet and the noisy devastations wrought by ambition, fame, personal tragedy and time.

From Washington Post Oct. 14, 2020

The following or fifth century, was distinguished by the first capture of Rome, and its successive devastations by Alaric, Genseric, and Attila.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John




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