In a sentence
Six example sentences with devastate, each labelled with its topic.
A single warm winter devastated the pine stands, letting beetles survive at altitudes that had always killed them.
Environment
The 1666 fire devastated the old city, and four fifths of the wooden buildings inside the walls were gone by morning.
History
A collapse in the single export crop devastated the region, emptying towns that had depended on it for generations.
Economics
The market crash devastated pension funds that had put half their assets into a single sector.
Finance
The hurricane devastated the island's resorts, and the airport stayed closed to visitors for five months.
Travel
A fungus devastated the banana plantations, wiping out the variety that shoppers had known for decades.
Science
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