devastation

It’s the poignant devastation of knowing one false step or bad decision could reshape your life that knocks us over.

Since the tariffs on Vietnam were announced, Soenens has watched company executives react with devastation, disappointment and as of Thursday, hope.

It said in a statement: "The devastation is enormous, but without you all, it would have been a whole lot worse."

Devastation begat devastation, as the ecological dominoes began to fall.

It isn't the only nearby scene of devastation.