How To Use Devastation In A Sentence

Hasn't he any conception of the devastation caused to this planet by burning fossil fuels?
Almost a year has passed since one of the worst landslides recorded in Scotland wreaked devastation at Glen Ogle, near Stirling.
Even the greenest and purest, seemingly untouched fields were breeding grounds filled with fermenting disease and devastation.
Pakistani army spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas spoke with reporters late Saturday about the level of devastation in the northwest.
Well, the devastation to the east of Mississippi is mind-blowing.

Witnessing the devastation and tragic scenes of human suffering left an indelible impression on Burchett and had a profound effect on the rest of his life.
An eerie orange glow lights up the devastation of Bijlmermeer - the Amsterdam suburb set ablaze by a crashing El Al plane.
The cost of the devastation could run to ￡6 million.
Or faith-based organizations landing more and more hard-earned taxpayer dollars, including Pat Robertson's Operation Blessing, which grifted FEMA in the wake of Katrina's devastation. Scott Thill: Waking Up is Hard to Do
The campaign comes at a time when churches are slowly recognizing the devastation of the epidemic.
But Edwards's public face remains relentlessly cheerful, and it's hard to square with the devastation he endured.
We finally manage to get to the heart of the eerie water delta where the devastation was appalling.
PARK CITY, Utah Hollywood Reporter - Weaving six different stories of the human devastation during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, "Kinyarwanda" is a very ambitious film. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
It is they which evoke remembrances of a lost war and exiled dynasty, a failed republic, a terrorist dictatorship, and horrendous devastation in the wake of still another lost war, and, finally, the trauma of a divided city.
Their return in a second blister pack of two miniatures forebodes devastation among enemy ranks!
Bells from Rome's town hall, the Campidoglio, tolled at midday as television networks interrupted programmes to show footage of New York's devastation, without commentary.
To her devastation her father even criticised her approach to acting during the filming.
I hope that the committee hears the devastation of the victims.
The casualty list was 307, and the devastation immense.
An economic devastation might result from the massive animal death and the economic sanction from other countries on account of the FMD.
As Senator Mary Landrieu's helicopter was taking off for a flyover of the devastation, she watched as a group of people smashed a window at a gas station store and jumped in.
But the devastation already wrought in it is heartrending to contemplate.
Yet from our plane window, we can see idyllic seaside villages seemingly impervious to the devastation that has swept the region.
Scenes of devastation are recorded by TV cameramen daily until the mind goes numb.
Much of the worst devastation on the Six Rivers corresponds to areas previously ravaged by a ferocious 1995 wind storm.
We know the devastation that can be caused when different religions start hating each other.
Gardeners are near the end of their tether because of youngsters rampaging through their allotment, leaving a trail of devastation behind them.
Mr Adams was shocked by the scenes of devastation back on land, including at the beachfront Sheraton Krabi Beach Hotel where he was staying.
These images unflinchingly confronted the gore, the naked terror, the arrogant incompetence, the pointless cruelty, the insane devastation of the military nightmare.
Hasn't he any conception of the devastation caused to this planet by burning fossil fuels?
Like in other parts of the world, the devastation the killer waves have caused along the coastal belt of the district has left ineffaceable scars in society.
Both the chapel and the crypt were found in a state of devastation hardly credible, as though the plunderers had taken pleasure in satisfying their vandalic instincts to the utmost. Pagan and Christian Rome
The Michoud Assembly Facility east of New Orleans and the Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., both were located along the main swath of the storm's devastation. Boing Boing: August 28, 2005 - September 3, 2005 Archives
Dhafir spoke everywhere from mosques to community centers to Quaker meeting houses about the devastation the sanctions caused.
After observing the autumn cubbing and seeing the unrequited cruelty of the killing of innocents and following the trail of devastation, the sooner they are dealt with the better.
Hurricane Ike could unleash devastation within only a few hours.
If disease is allowed to spread, it will cause widespread devastation.
The devastation from the hurricanes has put a new wrinkle on the Census-taking business. Hurricanes create a Census challenge in New Orleans
It certainly took everyone by surprise in terms of the scope and magnitude of the devastation.
We cannot express the shock and devastation the family are feeling.
She returned to the family home at 2 am to be greeted by the scenes of devastation.
The mental devastation of this experience has seriously traumatized him, leaving him full of fear.
And now there was the brute fact of the devastation around him. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
Yet the prevalent mood at the end is not pessimistic or despairing but upbeat, in spite of the devastation.
It buds late and therefore avoids devastation by most spring frosts but is an irregular yielder.
Her book A pinkes fun a toyter shtot (Record Book of a Dead City), published in Warsaw in 1926, was a historical chronicle of the town of Dubove (in the Ukraine) during this devastation. Rokhl Faygnberg (Imri).
One deals with the devastation to individuals and families; the other with the condescending attitude Western nations have towards developing ones.
Many people will have seen some of the photos and footage of these areas, but it is still hard to be fully prepared for the totality of the devastation.
Adam stumbles on, leaving a trail of devastation in his wake.
I can imagine picking up a nest of birdlings to raise in hopes of their survival from the devastation and blight that is being wreaked upon their surroundings.
This haunting song was a brilliant musical evocation of the social devastation of the Thatcher years.
The devastation takes on an eerie beauty, as captured by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre. Haunting Images Of Detroit's Decline (PHOTOS)
When Pitch scrambled through the opening, he found himself 40 feet above the worst scene of devastation imaginable.
Nature, like a proud conqueror, appeared to have put on a triumphal garb, in exultation of the devastation she had committed the night before. The Scottish Chiefs
He also reminded them of the devastation that a single disease could cause by instancing the 30-40 million deaths brought about less than 100 years ago by influenza.
We can pinpoint our targets and strike with unerring accuracy at the level of devastation we choose to inflict.
Ashley stood on the hillside looking down at the devastation below in disbelief.
Our role is not to "solve" the crumbling of an edifice, by which I suppose one might mean nipping the crumblement in the bud, or at least trying to slow its relentless progress towards utter devastation and ruin. Hooting Yard
He whispered in her ear, grabbing her hand in his and pulling her away from the devastation and ruin of the once lush and beautiful land Elena knew as home.
Harry discusses the SECs failure, goes after the SEC for what he terms their incompetence, how he, his family and his teams lives were threatened, the fact that Bernie Madoff was a mob boss, Greenspans failure as Fed Chairman, he knew Madoff was a fraud, criminal banking syndicates, how ruthless Madoff was, the devastation and heartbreak in the wake of the fraud and much more. WN.com - Financial News
We keep the tradition of the first Absurdists, who wrote and performed and drew and danced in response to the horror and devastation of world war.
He left in 1983, horrified by the devastation that warfare and famine had visited on his homeland.
When we arrived on Wednesday afternoon we witnessed scenes of almost indescribable devastation.
Reporters touring the camp yesterday encountered widespread devastation.
An eerie orange glow lights up the devastation of Bijlmermeer - the Amsterdam suburb set ablaze by a crashing El Al plane.
In the closing pages devastation is unstintingly released. Times, Sunday Times
I smile weakly at him but behind the cool countenance there is a rumbling tornado of anger, fear, denial, regret, devastation and a certain element of guilt.
Television footage showed a scene of massive devastation, including badly mangled cars and injured people being carried away.
At a gut level, however, $35 million sounds puny compared to the devastation in the region.
Arguably, to exact revenge or punishment by means of agricultural devastation was the essence of Greek warfare.
Research shows the scale of devastation wrought by recent hurricanes can indeed be traced to global warming.
Here the four powers had carved themselves out oddly shaped zones amongst the rubble and devastation left by the Allied bombing.
In a minute, my phone will ring and I'll have to hide my devastation and pretend not to mind.
The devastation of the 1923 Kanto earthquake -- so complete, many archival pictures misdate photos from the era as World War II -- led to an incredible boom.
The accident left a scene of devastation as the single-decker bus, lorry and two cars were strewn across the road amid debris and broken glass.
She had run from the devastation she had caused and from her brethren, who pursued her to bring her to justice ordained by the council.
Much of this advice - paint windows white, soak curtains in borax, wear natural fibres, curl up on the ground during an attack - now seems darkly comical when set against the likely horrors and devastation of a nuclear strike on a city.
From time to time these containers are emptied into rivers causing devastation to ecosystems within hours.
In the futurist vision, pulses from e-bombs cause anything that contains computer chips to wheeze to a halt, winning without widespread devastation and allowing low-cost reconstruction - just replace the chips!
Whenever he came into a new territory, he established what he called his chamber of claims, a most convenient device, by which he inquired whether the conquered country or province had any dormant or disputed claimsany cause of complaintany unsettled demand upon any other state or provinceupon which he might wage war upon such state, thereby discover again ground for new devastation, and gratify his ambition by new acquisitions. IV. On the Refusal to Negotiate with France
And you could just see in their face devastation.
He's a conversationist who saw this devastation for himself in Indonesia. CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2004
I would say that it would logically follow, according to the antivax crowd, that we shouldn't vaccinate until age 18, but someone else earlier in the thread has informed us that they don't consider vaccines an equivalent devastation the antivax people would perhaps disagree. Neonatal Circumcision (Controversy? Who, Moi?)
They are churning out the most graphic images of death and devastation on our roads in an effort to encourage everyone to drive responsibly.
What are the odds of one of these things hitting the planet Earth and causing planetary devastation?
Relief workers arrived to find devastation in the region closest to the epicenter of the earthquake that spawned the killer tsunami.
The devastation was wrought by a tropical storm that blew through north-eastern provinces on Monday.
The devastation is vast, whilst being contained within a relatively small area.
Relief workers arrived to find devastation in the region closest to the epicenter of the earthquake that spawned the killer tsunami.
How could people just have bypassed the town without noticing the devastation there?
The devastation that we have seen in the lower North Island, and recently in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, would suggest that stopbanks are important in the protection of people, property, local communities, and infrastructure.
Such was the devastation of puerperal, or childbed, fever, which stormed European and American maternity wards for over a century.
If disease is allowed to spread among the crops, it will cause wide spread devastation.
There was no place for her to hide from her utter devastation.
Mr. Bates 'rule was, "breed in-and-in from a bad stock and you cause ruin and devastation, they must always be changing to keep even moderately in caste; but _if a good stock_ be selected, you may breed in-and-in as much as you please." [ The Principles of Breeding or, Glimpses at the Physiological Laws involved in the Reproduction and Improvement of Domestic Animals
Rescue crews initially refused to go to El Rosario because of the extreme danger of mud and rock slides; several of the surrounding mountains have huge cracks and more devastation is expected. Monarch Butterfly Sanctuaries
These images unflinchingly confronted the gore, the naked terror, the arrogant incompetence, the pointless cruelty, the insane devastation of the military nightmare.
Jefferson maintains he wanted an up-close look at the devastation in his district and only accepted the offer of an escort when National Guard officials urged it upon him for safety reasons.
She needed to sit in the midst of life that had survived incredible devastation. EDEN BURNING
A huge bomb blast brought chaos and devastation to the centre of Belfast yesterday.
Often at the point of actually losing "the fix" the person not only suffers psychological devastation, but the actual symptomatology of physical withdrawal: sweating, cramps, anxiety, nausea, sleeplessness, eating difficulties and disorientation. PBS' 'This Emotional Life': Signs That Your 'Loving Relationship' May Be an Addiction
It's a blunder of epic proportions, to be sure, and could mean complete and "udder" devastation for Brando. CrunchGear
Small impactors deliver meteorites, while large ones infrequently wreak global devastation.
The references to the unnamed conflicting governments for whom the characters work recall the convoluted alliances countries formed and broke with each other during the Great War, but the lingering sense of devastation and trauma that the war left across Europe floats through the movie as well. The House Next Door
But in the light of devastation caused before the Foss barrier existed - where watermarks on the wall testify to the deluges of 1982, 1947 and 1831 - there was relatively nothing to fear.
Faster than most people would think possible, beauty was born from devastation.
The ashes and the smoke from the devastation drifted through the air throughout the city for days after the tragic event.
He was crucifying people who were recently widowed in a most horrific way, people who were still in the grips of devastation.
The devastation from the January 2010 earthquake was so great that they knew something had to be done. Carla Alpert And Diane Prefontaine: Words to Live By: Kindness is Contagious (VIDEO)
By the devastation of Olynthus, Philip was sending a message to the Greeks—he could be merciful, but if opposed, he could also be ruthless. Alexander the Great
Of the devastation, most of the young lettuce was unsalvageable and is either now buried or composted; the same goes for quite a bit of the extra-dwarf bok choi that was in the bed. In case anyone was wondering...
The hurricane caused widespread devastation.
In its many scenes of devastation, the script shows intransigence on both sides.
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Even an glancing blow could cause new devastation to the already-stricken city.
I was shocked by the devastation and literally sickened by the site of people walking through a smashed window of a gem store and helping themself to anything they found.
The scope of the devastation is still emerging, but thankfully it appears that the damage will be far less than the Haiti earthquake. Elliott Yamin Survives Chile Earthquake; Keeps The World Updated Via Twitter
The town centre is a scene of devastation, with the city theatre and other buildings burned out.
And jazz lovers are no doubt worrying about what the devastation could mean for the city's musical heritage.
Many won't even know of the devastations caused by their adopted son.
Even with the terrible murder of Jean McConville and the unquantifiable devastation it brought to a whole family for decades on end, the half-statement of half-regret was so measured as to be almost insulting.
In this age of ecological devastation, the bottom line in evaluating a technology is whether it is sustainable.
Britain stands by the city as it battles to clean up the devastation caused by superstorm Sandy. The Sun
A conventional war would still cause unacceptable devastation.
Then the foxes, introduced in an attempt to eradicate the likewise imported rabbit menace, completed the devastation.
Kurdistan was the scene of devastation, genocide and war, and is now a promising territory in the Middle East," the British-educated engineer said in a well-practised pitch. Kurdistan pitches to western investors as secure gateway to Iraq
The sadness on the faces of those in the midst of the devastation told it's own tale.
Still remaining are the constant reminders of the devastation left behind; trees left in branchless tangles, roofless shambles of hand-laid stone foundations of once century-old structures, empty weed-filled lots, the constant traffic and beeping of backhoes, and the bare slab foundations of what were once homes but now have only haunting stairways leading down to what were once basements that, luckily, saved the lives of many local residents. Michael DeJong: Greensburg: An Eco 9/11
This history of conflict subsists in the environmental devastation caused by oil exploitation and Delta peoples' fight against faceless European and American oil corporations.
In this order they reached the wide waste that ruin and devastation left within the gates, and, marshalled in long lines on either side, extending far down the vistaed streets, and leaving a broad space in the centre, awaited the order of their leader. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes
In this interview Harry discusses the SECs failure, goes after the SEC for what he terms their incompetence, how he, his family and his teams lives were threatened, the fact that Bernie Madoff was a mob boss, Greenspans failure as Fed Chairman, he knew Madoff was a fraud, criminal banking syndicates, how ruthless Madoff was, the devastation and heartbreak in the wake of the fraud and much more. WN.com - Financial News
Basically, writers, the lesson to learn is to tie up your loose ends, and make sure that if you raise the stakes in your plot, you show how bad the devastation will be or what there is to lose, etc. Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Storytellers: You Are Obligated To Deliver The Goods
Now that the beneficiaries of the free trade 'bamboozlement are off to their private islands in their private jets or private yachts the rest of us are looking around at the devastation of our economy and standard of living, wondering what to do and finally becoming aware that rigid ideologies and their enforcers have kept us from looking for practical solutions that actually work for all of us as a country and community. Dave Johnson: Consensus Grows: Confront China on Trade
He surveyed the scene of utter devastation beneath him.
The election of Obama also offers, many believe, a chance for redemption: redemption from allowing unprovoked warfare that has killed and injured many Americans, and an unknown amount of Iraqi citizens; tacitly accepting torture, permitting a denegation of our civil rights, and through rampant deregulation allowing economic devastation which has ripped the entire fabric of the economy. Paula B. Mays: Ebenezer Scrooge - Hope, Redemption and the 2008 Election
Delegates at the conference were taken on field trips to see the devastation.
Less controversial, but equally correctly garlanded, was her 2006 TV film Tsunami, recreating, through a mesh of individual stories, the impact of the 2004 Boxing Day devastation of Thailand and Sri Lanka. Abi Morgan: Television's best-kept secret | Observer profile
If disease is allowed to spread among the crops, it will cause wide spread devastation.
To rebuild after the devastation, will require huge construction projects.
This haunting song was a brilliant musical evocation of the social devastation of the Thatcher years.
The hurricane caused widespread devastation.
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Globo TV's G1 website reported that three more people died in a mudslide in Bahia state, south of the main zone of devastation, but authorities did not immediately confirm the deaths.
It was the lack of Hean's expertise that had resulted in the devastation and so many unnecessary tragedies. A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE
_Devastation_ type of turret-ship were retained, mounted fore and aft, but instead of placing them in turrets, the turret armour was fixed to the deck, forming what is known as a "barbette," or breastwork, over the upper edge of which the gun fired. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900
The bomb caused widespread devastation.
We are thus confronted with the paradox that the devastation caused by backward-looking madmen will lead to a homage to the past.
It would be devastation for me if we were relegated because it's taken us umpteen goes to get in in the Premiership.
Building homes on the Vale of York flood plain had contributed to the devastation caused by the floods, she said, and she called for a moratorium on construction until the possible consequences were known.
The question humankind must ask is whether the balancing act the president suggests is enough to stave off global devastation.
Even the minor skirmishes are elusive, and the surprisingly low casualty figures for the Whites, as the anti-Bolshevik forces came to be known, suggest there were very few pitched battles: most of the devastation was wreaked on the hapless civilian populations caught in the proximity to the two armies. Deathride
The devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina, with hundreds killed, is likely a portent of worse to come in a warming world.
This fall, as we've witnessed the devastation of the California wildfires, we have been reminded yet again of the firefighters' brave deeds.
North Yorkshire got off lightly in comparison, but there were still scenes of devastation.
The family was away from the house that night and came home in the early hours to a scene of devastation.
First there was the Nasdaq meltdown and the devastation of the dotcoms and the idea of the casual workplace.
So what lay behind sudden devastation to the island's harbor seal population?
Time slows down in the wake of such personal devastations.
The hurricane passed, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger just recently toured the devastation, toured the burned areas by helicopter.
her departure left him in utter devastation
Seventeen years after the nuclear accident, the people of the region are still coming to terms with the devastation.
If the punishment fails to reflect the devastation caused, public confidence and the deterrent effect will be undermined.
The scene was gruesome; the devastation was immediately obvious.
After the war, Des Gouttes went to great lengths to restore the international leadership of the World's Alliance as the Association attempted to rebuild from the devastation of the war. Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I
Having seen atrocious loss in World War II, I understand the devastation of armed conflict.
In graphic detail, she describes the devastation that would follow, leaving up to 200,000 people dead.
They go and plant some trees outside, while meanwhile they rip out all the bush in Western Australia and leave behind devastation.
It recalls the cowled monk with his cross, and the soldier close following with his sword; the old mission-house, with its church and garrison beside it; the fierce savage lured from a roving life, and changed into a toiling _peon_, afterwards to revolt against a system of slavery that even religion failed to make endurable; the neophyte turning his hand against his priestly instructor, equally his oppressor; revolt followed by a deluge of blood, with ruinous devastation, until the walls of both _mission_ and military _cuartel_ are left tenantless, and the redskin has returned to his roving. The Lone Ranche
Several miles away, in a small cottage, a woman surveyed the devastation surrounding her.
The 1998 Biodevastation Gathering sparked subsequent events in Seattle, New Delhi, Boston, San Diego and Toronto.
They don't need soundtracks to remind us of the pain or the devastation.
Mia and the Migoo" is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested). A tunnel collapse imperiling a parent, flame-thrower violence and apocalyptic devastation.
The mood among local farmers is depression, despair and devastation, and there is no end in sight.
The amount of environmental devastation in the country is incredible.
The atrocities war permits violate every moral code of our society; yet we expect our soldiers to return home spiritually unviolated and fit back into their former lives, as if they haven't witnessed or participated in killing and devastation. Leila Levinson: It Is Possible For A Veteran To Heal From War's Invisible Wounds?
Sometimes Kenworthy thought that even worse than the devastation of modern weapons were the incidental side-effects of war on men. DISPLACED PERSON
Outstanding Italian humanists of that epoch visited Byzantium in order to learn Greek and to buy old manuscripts, saved from pillages, conflagrations, and devastation of the invaded country.
Many very poor countries today shoulder the main burden of sheltering the millions who flee war, persecution, environmental devastation and hunger.
Most Americans are dead set against cruelty to animals on factory farms and the concomitant devastation of the environment, even if it were to save them a few cents at the market.
This week his grieving widow Alison, of St John's Road, spoke of her devastation at Gholam's two-year sentence.
You could argue that Coghlan goes to extreme lengths - the devastation of London - to demonstrate inextinguishable compassion.
We should never forget the devastation caused by the Asian tsunami.
In a scene recalling the earthquake's devastation, riverfront houses loomed over the river at a dangerous tilt after a landslide swept away most of their foundations.
She stood in the middle of the devastation, breathing heavily, hair unkempt and gown rumpled and mussed.
Witness the devastation from one of the most destructive events in human history.
And, while an unpaid day off each week creates a financial squeeze for workers, these privations are minor compared to the economic hardship and emotional devastation wrought by layoffs.
One can only imagine the devastation to fish stock of such a method.
The scope of the devastation is still emerging, but it's clear that whatever economic progress Haiti had made recently will have crumbled along with the key buildings in the capital. Haiti's outlook had been improving
Southern sections of the United States, civil war, blood-shed, the sacking and burning of cities, devastations, brother imbruing his hands in the blood of brother, the father shedding the blood of his son, and the son that of the father! A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery
Hitler turned the swastika into a striking political symbol and wreaked devastation beneath it.
The Magi'i wish to forget him because he was a stronger magus than the First Magus and turned his back on what he saw as the ever-narrowing traditions and inbreeding of the Magi'i, then became a Mirror Lancer officer who used his magely abilities to lead the northern Mirror Lancers in the devastation of Cerlyn and the establishment of the northeastern cuprite mines. The Magi'i Of Cyador
If you then add to the mix the devastation rendered by HIV / AIDS, the picture for epileptics is beginning to look pretty bleak.
They also, like all Germans, expected to need to work hard to rebuild the country after the devastation of the war.
The human figure is reduced to anonymity in the seemingly endless vista of ruin and devastation.
The devastation was -- you know, I mean, I've seen this before, and it hits you again every time -- the way a tornado will destroy a home, just smithereen it, and right next door is a home that's barely scathed. CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2006
One was the devastation caused by the two world wars and subsequent regional bloodbaths.
In the wake of this devastation - which the show documented with artworks in various styles, from academic heroics to the symbolist fabulations of Moreau and Puvis de Chavannes - Impressionism emerged as an art of the quotidian, a painting that did not reassert eternal verities but documented the changes and variations that comprise ordinary life. Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: First Impressions
But the impression created by these sculptures is as much that of the aftermath of a dissipated party as of more serious kinds of devastation.
The typhoon left a trail of devastation.

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