devastate
Example Sentences
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Surging memory prices are expected to devastate the electronics market, forcing rival phone makers to raise prices and affecting Android devices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
If a manager genuinely believed AI was going to devastate their software book, they could simply stop making new software loans.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
Tens of thousands of people in Mozambique are being rescued as rising waters continue to devastate the southern African nation - the worst flooding in a generation.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
After all, this bill would devastate, or even effectively destroy, their businesses.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026
Most commentators assumed that getting bronze on beam would devastate me, but in fact, I was over the moon.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
Vocabulary lists containing devastate
List 5
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