devastate

Example Sentences

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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

A cutoff of exports would devastate U.S. industries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Tens of thousands of people in Mozambique are being rescued as rising waters continue to devastate the southern African nation - the worst flooding in a generation.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

After all, this bill would devastate, or even effectively destroy, their businesses.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 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