How To Use Devastate In A Sentence

The rage and the disappointment of the admiral were beyond all bounds; what to him was the value of the capture of Aisa, of the Turkish alcaid, of the ten thousand of the baser sort; nay, what to him was the value of "Africa" itself when once again like a mocking spirit Dragut had glided beyond the sea horizon to devastate, to plunder, and to slay once more, the scourge and the menace of Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean
Take a look at her age verses the care of the kids, would Michael risk his life risk his kids being devastated in loosing him as father …. the kids and family he always wanted, you have to wonder would he risk his life to drugs. The Post-Mortem Legal Battles of Michael Jackson : Law is Cool
In Assam four weeks of rain, ahead of the monsoon season, have devastated huge areas, making 5m people homeless.
In the town of Golden Meadow, along Bayou Lafourche, crabber Thomas Barrios said he felt "devastated" and "helpless. BP installs insertion tube, begins siphoning oil from leaking pipe
A BUDERIM "battler" has been left devastated by the theft of a car that pulled him from the brink after 11 months of unemployment. Sunshinecoastdaily.com.au: The Sunshine Coast Daily

Nevertheless, many environmentalists remain concerned that any talk of restorative grazing is merely an environmental smokescreen that lets ranchers continue to devastate the land.
Dennis M. Sabangan/European Pressphoto Agency Filipino children offered candles for flood victims on Tuesday during a mass burial in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters in Iligan City, southern Mindanao, the Philippines. Asia in Pictures
Although tsunamigenic earthquakes in the Mediterranean are smaller than the biggest ones around the Pacific rim, Magnitude 8 events have been recorded, such as the 1303 Crete quake whose tsunami devastated Heraklion and Alexandria. BBC News - Home
His death had devastated her, and her grieving was all the greater for its secret, unsanctioned nature. HERE BE DRAGONS
As the oil slick from the recent offshore oil rig disaster makes its way to Gulf Coast shores - expected to devastate the precious ecosystem and hurt struggling businesses - the seeds of political fallout for the Obama administration are beginning to sprout. POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Monday, May 3, 2010
Council tax bills may have to rise by £17-a-year to pay for the damage caused and the cost of policing the riots that devastated the city in July.
Viticulture flourished despite the frequent civil wars, which were on too small a scale to devastate the Tuscan countryside.
The devastated land included farms leased to tenants by Vermeer's mother-in-law.
Darling, I've got to see Jon before I explode with the force of an H-bomb and devastate the diocese. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
Although he blustered about a ‘show trial’ and a ‘kangaroo court’, he was devastated to be thrown out of the party.
As far as the local cat population in Elstow is concerned, how clever of them to wait until Mr Suter is away on holiday before they decide to devastate his garden.
He was devastated by his grief when his son died
The Permian extinction, 244 million years ago, devastated the marine biota: tabulate and rugose corals, blastoid echinoderms, graptolites, and most crinoids died out, as did the last of the trilobites. Paleozoic
The team was first formed in the 1960s in response to a dual epidemic of maize chlorotic dwarf virus and a potyvirus, maize dwarf mosaic virus, that devastated Ohio's cornfields.
The devastated parents of a man murdered in a Bolton town centre street have issued an emotional plea to help catch his killer.
Three years after Stewart's disappearance, Boone's life was again devastated when a Cherokee tortured and killed his eldest child, 16-year-old James, and later another son, a brother, and a nephew were also killed during the often bloody fighting over the settling of Kentucky. Great American Hunters: Daniel Boone
He was devastated by the rude remark.
The dung only penetrated as far as my upper thigh as we struck up the devastated hillside towards Meall a' Choire Leith.
Well, one day I had to write up John, andhe was devastated! Sinisterly Apologetic? « Biodork
The battle for Manila lasted two weeks and devastated the city and its population.
The power that would be released would devastate the world! SANDS OF TIME
Darling, I've got to see Jon before I explode with the force of an H-bomb and devastate the diocese. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
‘These plants are used to restore rangelands that have been devastated by fire, and so far there is no program in the United States to ensure that we have the plants we need,’ Walters says.
Both his parents and hospital staff were devastated by his sudden and unexpected death.
Christine took the bad news well enough but the rest of the Top 9 contestants were devastated to see their fellow singer sent home.
A year after the earthquake that devastated Gujarat, local people still live in tents or temporary shelters.
Replacing homes and cars in the mostly rural areas devastated by the quake and tsunami will boost Japan's demand for petrochemicals ranging from butadiene, which is used in making molded plastic auto body components, to solvents and plastics used in the construction trades. Japan: The Business Aftershocks
He's devastated, totally and absolutely devastated.
Mrs Moffat told the inquest that Mrs Seaton had been devastated over the temporary split but did not think the relationship was going to work out.
These attacks will devastate industrial cities across the United States which have already seen tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs disappear over the last two decades.
Nightfall found us still travelling, and the day of 24th March had almost broken before we "debussed" to find ourselves in the devastated area of the Somme lands, near the village of Ayette. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919
The land here is degraded, monocultural olive groves, ecologically wrecked by big farmers and largely devastated by the fires of 2007 which ironically helped developers. Grand ambitions: ecoluxury in Greece
Three thousand fish have been released into the River Tame in Stockport to restore life to a waterway devastated by a major pollution incident earlier this year.
All around us there are other women, seemingly not hurt, making small talk, acting normal, which means happy, not discontent, certainly not devastated.
Though unlike the 1968 version, where we've nuked ourselves and devastated the planet, there's no actual evidence of that here.
We will never break, though they devastate, we shall motivate.
There was no replanting, no trees left standing for reseeding, and areas devoid of pines were left unsightly and environmentally devastated.
She was devastated when her parrot Charlie, cockatiel Molly and two budgies, Billy and Gregory, all died within hours of each other.
If I caused that much destruction, it would devastate the Harshini, who are linked to the same power source as me. HARSHINI
Scale insects enjoy perennial plants and can devastate nut and fruit trees, greenhouse plants, forest vegetation, woody ornamentals, and house plants.
The floodwater has left his business devastated, with a water mark more than a foot high still visible yesterday lunchtime.
Global warming could devastate lakes, streams, rivers and wetlands throughout the United States.
Like thousands of others in this devastated city, this woman has lost all her wares and livelihood, in one terrifying morning of wholesale destruction.
On such occasions the Beeb's presenters adopt the posture of a keening relative, waxing lachrymosely about the dead woman and her "devastated" relatives. Undefined
Consequently, after Frederick's burial, some of his followers were so devastated that they committed suicide.
Clearly, she meant a visit to Arthur - which would have devastated him. DEATH OF A NYMPH
Crop failures in 1315, 1316, and 1321, largely due to exceptionally wet summers, overlapped with catastrophic losses of animals as disease - ‘murrain’ - devastated the nation's sheep flocks between 1313 and 1317 and its cattle 1319-21.
Even a modest aerial explosion like the fifteen-megaton Tunguska event would utterly devastate a modern city.
She wondered if she would be less devastated if she hadn't witnessed the parting of her father's soul, but couldn't find a definite answer.
Its devastated state might serve as evidence, or make good news pictures when the trouble was resolved. THE SCAR
Madeline is devastated by guilt and anguished over her helplessness.
Well aware that North Korean missiles can devastate its cities, the Japanese are desperate for both a peaceful solution and American support.
In the same year the Hawaiian Islands, Spain, England and Latin America are also devastated by seaquakes and floods.
The city was devastated by floods.
Global warming could devastate lakes, streams, rivers and wetlands throughout the United States.
My two sons who live in Bury, Barry's half-brothers, are devastated by his death.
And even though the man who chucked me was the idiot who made me sleep on a camp bed for two-and-a-half years, I was devastated.
Darling, I've got to see Jon before I explode with the force of an H-bomb and devastate the diocese. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
The city centre was devastated by the bomb.
An animal-loving teenager was left ‘devastated’ after the theft of two chinchillas.
The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Yes, this country could be devastated by terrorism, or a meteor strike, or some economic calamity.
A villager has voiced an emotional plea to stop a proposed road scheme, which he says will devastate his wife's business.
Mr. Fox was devastated by the implosion of Bear Stearns and the financial hit he was likely to face, says Fred Philippi, his longtime companion.
Last year, fires devastated the forests of Far Eastern Russia, where conservation efforts had apparently stabilised numbers of the Amur tiger at 300-400 adults and subadults.
In eastern Scotland, as in other parts of Europe devastated by Scandinavian attacks, the raiders ' immediate legacy was political and social dislocation.
He remains devastated by the defeat, after 18 years representing the constituency.
The invaders went into winter quarters in the city of Amiens and devastated all the land to the Seine and on both sides of the Oise, and no man opposed them; and they burned with fire the monasteries and churches of Christ . . . De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » Viking Raids in France and the Siege or Paris (882 - 886)
Yesterday, we had a tremor that they said was an aftershock from a big earthquake that devastated Turkey.
In recent years, low prices have devastated coffee farming in Rwanda, and tea exports have now overtaken coffee.
This realization also led to the production of minol, a mixture of aluminium and amatol, that could devastate an area 80% larger than TNT alone.
Holding open the prospect of incestuous marriage would devastate family life by, effectively, legitimizing sexual predation within it.
Bombing raids devastated the city of Dresden.
Satellite sensors imaged the resulting pattern of crests and troughs into the series of tsunami waves that devastated coastal areas throughout parts of the Indian Ocean.
And then he headed to Florida to tour areas that are devastated by those recent hurricanes.
The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Should the US, Canada and the European Union make good on their threat of an aids cut-off, Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, will be devastated.
Seemingly, by listening to an itinerant, well-heeled failure talk about his screw-ups, people feel less devastated by their own mistakes.
He resigned following a torrent of attacks on his performance after the August 29 superstorm that devastated New Orleans and the surrounding region.
She was devastated and traumatised in the aftermath of the Pullathomas landslide.
The fields were devastated by the hurricane.
Flash flooding caused bridges to collapse and landslides are blocking roads to devastated coastal villages.
They were devastated by the awful news.
The proceeds go to no-kill shelters and animal rescue groups, particularly in devastated environments (think of the dogs and cats post-Hurricane Katrina). Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway
SYDNEY—A magnitude 6.5 earthquake has struck the sea floor northwest of the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila, according to a notice from the U.S. Geological Survey, adding to jitters over tremors in the region following the quake that has devastated parts of Japan. 6.5 Quake Strikes Sea Floor NW of Vanuatu
Moltke planned to devastate Austria's massed columns of infantry with rapid fire; his needle rifle could be loaded and fired four times more quickly than the Austrian rifle.
Elsewhere, SH-60 antisubmarine helicopters stationed at a U.S. naval base in Atsugi, outside of Tokyo, scoured debris fields in the sea on Monday and conducted search-and-rescue activities along the coast of the most devastated areas. U.S. Military Joins in Quake-Relief Effort
Rob was devastated by the news of her death.
A spokesman said: "The staff are devastated by the loss of a valued member of our team."
Some 250,000 sea birds were killed and the local fishing industry was devastated.
Sophie started skating at the Altrincham Ice Rink four years ago, and was devastated when it was closed in April.
Two weeks earlier, defensive linemen Jonathan Fanene and Domata Peko and rookie linebacker Rey Maualuga struggled to contact family in American Samoa after the tsunami devastated the region. Bengals' Marvin Lewis named AP's NFL coach of the year
Unless income can be generated from elsewhere, many tourist businesses will be devastated.
WHAT?????????? â€œRebuilding a nation devastated by a dictator is a large undertaking, â€ the president said. â€œItâ€ ™ s even harder when terrorists are trying to blow up that which the Iraqis are trying to build. â€ Think Progress » “The Bush administration
In early December last year, a shock Radio 4 newsflash announced that the chemicals giant Dow was finally accepting full responsibility for the Union Carbide disaster that devastated Bhopal in 1984.
Someone we love is dead; or a child is seriously ill; or a relationship that sustained us falls apart; or a family conflict devastates us; and we begin to see how flimsy and ethereal are money or success or influence.
Her voice (giddy or quivering), her gestures (ebullient or devastated), her posture (vertical, expansive as in "I Love New York!" or slumped like an urban pieta) describe the volcanic feelings that develop and finally erupt in her world-weary soul. James Scarborough: Stop Kiss, The Garage Theatre
Orkney is one of the few places in Britain to be free of the deadly varroa mites that have devastated honey production in many parts of the world.
They're appealing for clothes and blankets to send to the devastated region.
It is all fertile now, the richest plain, and even then, corn and wine must have been in full bourgeon, the great fresh greenness of the big leaves coming out upon such low stumps of vine as were left in the soil; but the devastated country was in those days covered with a wild growth like the/macchia/of Italian wilds, which half hid the movements of the expedition. Jeanne d'Arc
Johannah was devastated and put into motion a petition for clemency.
Kim began her mask project in 1995 when she was searching for her own way of expressing a requiem for the thousands of people killed in the Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated Kobe.
They followed the spoor of a company of elephants in the East country, they watched through the November mist the blesbok flying across the veld, a herd of quaggas taking cover with the rheebok, or a cloud of locusts sailing out of the sun to devastate the green lands. The Judgment House
The future is always depicted as a place where a technical fix has gone wrong, where androids stalk a devastated urban landscape.
He was, quite simply, a terrific guy, and everyone here is just devastated at the news.
First let me say that I am a Christian and a federal government employee employed by an agency that quite often works in devastated areas â€ the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Should New Orleans be rebuilt? « BuzzMachine
For decades, the coral formations and their marine life have been literally devastated by crude dynamite fishing techniques and trawling.
The revelation had devastated him, eroding his confidence and his desire for her.
It started with visits of convalescents like Tobias Smollett, devastated by the loss of a teenage daughter, and heading down to Nice in the spring of 1763.
The power that would be released would devastate the world! SANDS OF TIME
These were upsetting photos of effects of people burned by napalm and vegetation devastated by Agent Orange.
This is berberis sawfly, which can devastate a plant within days. The Sun
On land, the evidence for a dramatic increase in fern species just above the boundary suggests the presence of wildfires, for ferns are usually the first plants to recolonize an area devastated in this fashion.
The power that would be released would devastate the world! SANDS OF TIME
Conflict too brings health crises, as devastated and displaced populations lose contact with medical services and experience increased vulnerability and trauma.
They were devastated that they had to leave their beloved homeland.
It was completely devastated by Turkmen tribes, the hordes of Tamerlane, and the Persian Safavids.
Tears flowed freely and words of comfort and condolence were repeated over and over to the devastated family.
Since a 7.2-magnitude seism devastated the western port city of Kobe and its environs in 1995, killing upwards of 6,000, the country, a pioneer in earthquake engineering research, has passed laws to make urban structures more disaster-proof than ever. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
A devastated couple have told the Advertiser of their grief following the death of their baby son.
The devastated parents, who already had a daughter, risked trying for another child and had a second healthy baby girl.
It was in 1981, during what people call ‘the hungry time’, when the wars and the communists' policy of collectivising the farms had devastated the food supply.
He was devastated when a doctor first broke the news to him.
Saluting the coffin after the service as pipers skirled a haunting lament, he looked devastated.
She hero-worshipped her elder brother, and she was devastated when he died.
We have been let down by people who should have been looking after Laura's health and welfare and we are all devastated.
An alcoholic and often abusive father, Paul was nevertheless idolized by John, and consequentially his death devastated John. Tim o’brien | in the lake of the woods « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
He said he was devastated because Levi's and fashion were his passions.
Kobe was devastated by the 1995 earthquake.
There is a scent of change in the air, as a devastated people eagerly interpret the smallest of signs as portents of a new beginning.
Though almost everyone agreed with the manuscript's message, the cyborgs still devastated the human population.
Heavy rain is expected to develop in central and southern areas tonight and extend to the flood-devastated Capricornia, Wide Bay and Burnett tomorrow. NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
The course includes five boroughs in New York but doesn't go down to the district that has been devastated.
The island was directly in the path of the hurricane which devastated neighbouring Grenada, but was spared at the last minute when it suddenly veered off course.
They were considering going scuba diving when the tsunami devastated the coastline.
The only option left now for the devastated Democratic party is to rally together and show some semblance of a united front.
The true regeneration of devastated Docklands seemed like pie in the sky.
The goal of the PSA is to raise awareness for the recent storms that have devastated the people of South Dakota leaving over 9000 people without heat, power, water or food. Twilight Lexicon » Clever TV interviews Chaske Spencer
Friends and family alike were devastated by the news of her death.
Im really excited but if the big thing is devastater and the main bad guy is megatron why is the title revenge of the fallen knowing that the fallen is a transformer ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories
Public infrastructure has been devastated and the Secretary General of the DRC in Goma requisitioned all revenue generated by public utilities and parastatals.
Even a modest aerial explosion like the fifteen-megaton Tunguska event would utterly devastate a modern city.
Hrm, wait … maybe "devastates" is too strong of a word but it sure as hell does something to me. Snackie's World
S.NTIAGO, Chile — U.S. S.cretary of S.ate Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in earthquake-ravaged Chile on Tuesday to offer the devastated country moral and material support as it recovers from the deadly disaster. Hillary Clinton Arrives in Chile
Army assistance was at the bushfire's front line less than a day after firestorms devastated Canberra's western suburbs on January 18.
We were devastated, and at first were unable to think about another dog.
Residents who claim a wind farm on the fells would destroy the landscape and devastate tourism are being urged to oppose the development before it even becomes a formal proposal.
The devastated rangeland, shorn of grasses by too many horses and cows, had lost its ability to hold soil in place when the rains returned in 1893.
As well as facing a severe economic crisis, over the past two years the island has been hit by serious flooding due to tropical storms and cyclones that have devastated agricultural production.
Roads and ports were swept away, making it impossible to get to some of the most devastated areas quickly.
All he could see was a cloud of dust and smoke rising from the devastated Stable Block.
A major initiative aimed at supporting and succouring rural Yorkshire communities devastated by foot-and-mouth is to be launched by the Church of England.
These farmers have already devastated much of the savannah and transitional rainforest of Mato Grosso in southern Amazonia, transforming the landscape into a green sea of soyabeans.
Barbour said his budget would make a relatively small cut to spending for public schools, but Cecil Brown of Jackson, the Democratic chairman of the House Education Committee, said Barbour's plan "devastates" education. Hattiesburgamerican.com -
Later, I was devastated when a newsflash announced the plane had crashed, killing all on board.
The spinach crisis was ultimately linked to one produc er in California, but the recall devastated the industry and its sales have still not recovered. Republican Targets Use
The government should, if necessary, be willing to run a deficit, he said, insisting the collapse of the cattle industry would devastate the entire provincial economy.
She was devastated and traumatised in the aftermath of the landslide.
I was under the impression the lake refilled during the 2003 God-induced floods that devastated the Rio Lerma basin and caused extensive and terrible damage to agricultural lands in Guanajuato State and elsewhere which required that the water management agency release water downstream to prevent further flood damage from poorly managed and dangerously overfilled reservoirs. Water in Chapala
No one would have guessed how alienated I felt, how dislocated, devastated and adrift. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
As rescue workers opened up roads today, it became apparent that some small towns were totally devastated.
But we are as devastated and disappointed as anybody by the news that these Herculean efforts may not be enough.
He said the crash had devastated the entire station and emotions were still raw.
We called them home and together we all sat frozen, unbelieving, shocked and devastated for the rest of the Sabbath.
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Despite President Barack Obama's recent, high-profile frolick in the gulf - during which he made a point of eating seafood and swimming in the region's seemingly "unpolluted" waters - questions remain about the spill's impact on both the region and the country as a whole: Will cleanup workers and residents suffer the same health problems that devastated those living and working near the Exxon/Valdez spill two decades ago? AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
The focus now is completely on getting relief and assistance into these devastated areas.
Activists feared attacks would only harm a population already devastated by two decades of war and famine.
He talked at length about the great plague of London in 1665 which quite devastated the country. THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND
But one of the reasons we protect our children, for example, is that we believe we would be devastated if they were harmed or killed.
an entire town devastated by an earthquake
Care-related stress can cause poor health that strikes down caregivers just as surely as Alzheimer's devastates its victims. Dr. Jon LaPook: Alzheimer's Disease: Avoiding The Biggest Mistake
These farmers have already devastated much of the savannah and transitional rainforest of Mato Grosso in southern Amazonia, transforming the landscape into a green sea of soyabeans.
As Sharpe postpones the moment when he has to confront his brother with the news that could devastate their business, his mind wanders off into evocative vignettes of his life so far.
We are devastated, shocked beyond belief.
So much aid has poured in to Indonesia, in fact, that one of the biggest problems the American marines now face is moving supplies from airport stockpiles to the areas devastated by the tsunami.
In addition, there had been several successive bad harvests, and a phylloxera epidemic which devastated the vineyards.
Brazil used to be one of the top producers of cacao, until a fungus called witches'-broom struck the crop in the late 1980s and devastated the country's industry. With DNA of chocolate nearly decoded by scientists, could sweeter treats await?
Max's death devastates his friend, but his demand that Kevin write their story offers the surviving boy a future, built on a glorious period from their past.
Soldiers from the Japanese Defence Force had been going from door to door pulling bodies from the devastated homes in Ishinomaki, a coastal town northeast of Sendai.
The floods which have devastated York with increasing frequency in recent years have traditionally been blamed on the rain - too much falling, too often.
Activists feared attacks would only harm a population already devastated by two decades of war and famine.
If I caused that much destruction, it would devastate the Harshini, who are linked to the same power source as me. HARSHINI
Raul, as much as anyone, will be devastated if the pre-match favourites do not win through.
It's chicken feed compared to other fields, but so as to look "fair" cuts are made that will devastate and demoralise for a generation. Johann Hari: Stephen Fry, British Polymath: A Twinterview
More are needed to ensure that the York's tourist trade is not devastated by a spell of wet weather.
Raul, as much as anyone, will be devastated if the pre-match favourites do not win through.
Our fine city has been devastated by the floods and many people have had their properties severely damaged.
I was devastated - I had held positions of trust before my retirement.
It said it ‘tarnished the image of the university’ and was ‘devastated’ by the claims.
Satellite sensors imaged the resulting pattern of crests and troughs into the series of tsunami waves that devastated coastal areas throughout parts of the Indian Ocean.
Alien species, such as rats, continue to devastate native species and are believed to been largely responsible for the extinction of the Kosrae crake (Porzana monasa) and the Kosrae starling (Aplonis corvina). Carolines tropical moist forests
Jennifer Aniston devastates the international trichology community with her true feelings about the infamous "Rachel cut" she sported on Friends. This week: Peter and Hazelmary Bull, Brian Cowen, Piers Morgan
It "devastates" North's credibility, Miller declared last week. Ollie's New Enemy
The sand bird mother was totally devastated by her loss, and cried out her grief in the jungle.

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