devastation

Two of the strongest on record, in 1982-83 and 1997-98, saw very wet winters that left a trail of devastation in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

"It protects the institution and then exposes the whistleblower to extreme retaliation and devastation to their lives and families," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

It worked well enough for decades but gradually broke down, insufficient to prevent the devastation of World War I.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

And "a glacier disaster in one country can lead to devastation in another as we saw with the recent tragedy of China and Nepal".

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

A magnitude 7 quake happening deep in the mantle–say, four hundred miles down–might cause no surface damage at all, while a significantly smaller one happening just four miles under the surface could wreak widespread devastation.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

They are still hurting, still missing the loved ones they lost, and they must surely be forever on alert for similar devastations that could come and upend their lives again.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Reeves met Friday with Biden, who was in Rolling Fork, Miss., to survey the devastations from last month’s tornadoes.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2023

Tucson’s crater-like monument notwithstanding, these impacts feel less like the strikes of meteors than the devastations of a cancer devouring us from within.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

The Indus River, which caused much of the devastations in Sindh, is now at normal levels, though authorities say it will take another two months to completely drain the water.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2022

I hold that their multiplication and their devastations are largely incited by the degeneracy of our plants caused by the badness of our culture.

From What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science by Horace Greeley