- present participle of devastate.
devastating
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Morgan Rogers, making his debut after his club record £117m summer move from Aston Villa, combined with Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro to produce a devastating attacking display.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
State leaders noted that under the plan, Nevada’s annual allotment of 300,000 acre-feet could be slashed to as little as 86,500 acre-feet, which they said would be devastating for Las Vegas and surrounding cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Ms. Chow is a Cambridge-educated geophysicist who turned to politics after the devastating 2008 Sichuan earthquake, which killed almost 70,000 people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
He predicted that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney would return to negotiations "very very quickly, because it's going to be devastating for his country."
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Hiatt was implying that more research might show Goldfarb how devastating MDR, if left unchecked, could be for the world.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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