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devastation

[dev-uh-stay-shuhn] / ˌdɛv əˈsteɪ ʃən /


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“It’s been really hard, working on skid row, seeing what’s going on there, and coming here to see this devastation, too,” Ruffin said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Founded 150 years ago, the Florida Yacht Club in Jacksonville used the devastation of Hurricane Irma and a Covid-19 operational pause to rethink its offerings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"We hope that lessons will be learned from Mia's death and that changes will be made to prevent other families enduring the devastation that we now have to live with," they said.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

Planes were hired to drop grass seed across a section of devastation.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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

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

In the face of these potential devastations, what’s to come is less a matter of promise than resignation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2021

It lends a discordant note to this riotous, hilarious book, which achieves depth through Brown’s strong feeling for both the quiet and the noisy devastations wrought by ambition, fame, personal tragedy and time.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2020

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


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