devastated

Example Sentences

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A short drive up the coast, Pacific Palisades held its first Independence Day celebrations since the Palisades fire devastated the community last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2026

They'll be politely welcoming, while not being devastated when they leave.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

Twin earthquakes had just devastated Venezuela’s coast, causing thousands of casualties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

The back-to-back 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that rocked the Caribbean country within seconds of each other devastated this coastal state near Caracas, reducing entire neighborhoods to rubble.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

All across southern England houses and villages were devastated, large buildings were swept away, farm animals were drowned, and as for people, the number of missing or dead was, for the time being, uncountable.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman