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Example sentences for: devastated

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During the trial, Oprah is recording her show in Amarillo, a town supposedly devastated by her beef-bashing.
On All Saints’ Day, 1 November 1755, as crowds packed the churches to honor the dead, Lisbon and parts of Portugal all the way to the Algarve were devastated by one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded.
In about 721 b.c. , the north (Israel) was invaded and devastated by Assyrians.
What steps must be taken to prevent Nepal from being devastated by the infection?
Most of the rest of the world soon followed, and the ivory trade was devastated.