devastate

Late last year, I was devastated to learn that Caracas was closing its East Village home after almost two decades.

Grotesque profiteering aside, life release ceremonies can devastate the eco-system.

If Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing for a new offensive, he could devastate Ukrainian forces.

A Grad is a multiple rocket launcher designed to devastate a defined but extensive area.

Kenneth recognizes the terrible truths of our existence: that gun violence will continue to devastate and degrade everyone.

They'd devastate priorities like education, energy, and medical research.

Weeds began to devastate her garden, and Wilfred used to look over the fence and wish uncle Jim would do something.

They would burn for weeks at a stretch, and devastate hundreds of miles of country.

Kindly but firmly he protected his own seclusion, and he permitted no man, in Emerson's phrase, to devastate his day.

After the Spanish came the Americans, patrolling their ditches with guns lest the Apaches devastate their fields.

In certain years cockchafers multiply in such a frightful manner that they devastate the whole vegetation of a country.