devastate
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The group's leader, Fernando Sanchez Castilla, a long-time plant employee who also serves as mayor of a nearby village, warns that shutting the facility would devastate dozens of surrounding communities.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Two southeast Los Angeles cities proposed a sales tax increase to offset the financial impact of California’s blackjack ban, which officials said would devastate their local economies.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
If both spouses eventually need care, the numbers can devastate even substantial nest eggs.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
Spiking memory prices will devastate the electronics market this year, analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
We did not want to destroy the country before we freed it, and to drive the whites away would devastate the nation.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing devastate
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