devastating

Example Sentences

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Thompson said that recent reports of dead and dying seabirds washing ashore in large numbers from Spain to Scotland, is "devastating".

From BBC

Prosecutor Marcello Viola, the lead investigator, said the impact between the tram and the building was "devastating".

From Barron's

Michael Gerrard, director of Columbia Law School's climate change law center, told AFP the judgment was "devastating."

From Barron's

Moorland, forestry and rural environments were "extremely vulnerable", with even small flames having "devastating consequences", Dyson said.

From BBC

"It's sad and devastating and really unbelievable," he said.

From BBC