devastation

Osinski said it would cause "regional devastation on a scale that would wipe out major cities and have global climate impacts."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Today, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, & infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetrated ignorantly in the name of my faith,” El-Sayed posted on Sept. 11, 2021, 20 years after the attack.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

“The 9/11 attacks caused devastation that extended far beyond that single day,” 9/11 Memorial & Museum Chairman Michael Bloomberg said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Drought was declared in all of Wales and more than two-thirds of England and wildfires caused devastation in parts of the country.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

“According to plan!” gasped Holly, pointing to the devastation surrounding them.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

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

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

The devastations of the second act didn’t flatten me the way they had two months ago.

From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2022

Yet their devastations greatly thinned the population of northern Greece, and after 1084 Thessaly was occupied without resistance by nomad tribes of Vlachs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various