devastate

The Treasury secretary announced new sanctions meant to target Tehran’s enablers and devastate the regime economically.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

“But your spouse is risk-averse and it would devastate her to lose $147,000. So let’s meet on the bridge” and bet less.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Hibbs said: "Natural England's approach will devastate the Dartmoor hill pony population, it will make farms financially unviable and it's extremely doubtful there will be any environmental benefit."

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

The group's leader, Fernando Sanchez Castilla, a long-time plant employee who also serves as mayor of a nearby village, warns that shutting the facility would devastate dozens of surrounding communities.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

But he had no way of knowing that Soviet commanders in Cuba also had dozens of short-range nuclear weapons—tactical weapons, designed to devastate enemies on the battlefield.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

It’s a burden that not only devastates families financially but also takes a toll on their health.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026

In the Sierra Nevada, private lands used for logging are more likely to experience high-severity fire that devastates forest ecosystems compared to public lands like National Forests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025

It is recognised as a problem which devastates farm businesses, spreading from badgers to cattle, and from cow to cow.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025

“I think it’s that scarring, mental-health-wise. It just really devastates a person in a way they can’t come back from.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

The news could never be ignored: An earthquake devastates Haiti.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

She was in her 60s, living on Social Security, and the house was in an area that had been devastated by a major fire a few years before.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Top officials in Damascus hailed the delisting as a major opportunity for the country, still economically devastated after more than a decade of war that rights groups say killed more than half a million people.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Niederhoffer was devastated and humiliated, but he kept looking for patterns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Ancient oak and beech trees, rare heathland and even wetland have been devastated by the recent fire that swept through the New Forest, a survey has found.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Away from the silence of the devastated field, his ears pricked toward the night sounds.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

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

“It’s devastating, the amount of cruelty that we’re seeing ... and a lot of the people that are in detention centers are workers,” Huerta said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Helen Wilson said it was "devastating" to hear her sister Linda Langhelt had been diagnosed with mesothelioma.

From BBC ● 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

I’d had close friends go through devastating breakups, brought on by small problems left unattended or lapses in communication that led eventually to irreparable rifts.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama