devastate

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Surging memory prices are expected to devastate the electronics market, forcing rival phone makers to raise prices and affecting Android devices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Healthcare alone can devastate even carefully planned budgets.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

If a manager genuinely believed AI was going to devastate their software book, they could simply stop making new software loans.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 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

But he had no way of knowing that Soviet commanders in Cuba also had dozens of short-range nuclear weapons—tactical weapons, designed to devastate enemies on the battlefield.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin