Words similar to devastation

Example sentences for: devastation

How can you use “devastation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He was still tied for the lead, but that didn't matter, since the devastation of missing that putt ensured that, on the 18 th , facing an almost identically easy putt, three feet straight uphill, he didn't even catch any lip, missed it wide left, game over.
With reference to the devastation he witnessed, he said, "Most people would think that with all those firefighters that it was OK, that things were under control.
If Milosevic continues the cleansing, said Clinton, he will suffer further costs: the devastation of his military and the loss of Yugoslavian sovereignty over Kosovo.
The article also showcases Afghanistan's devastation: Roads are still pockmarked with "jagged craters gouged by Russian bombs and anti-tank mines," and refugees from the Taliban's sweep struggle to survive in malaria-infested camps.
Army striding through some South Seas devastation from Apocalypse Now . What's uniquely his own is the way the havoc periodically grinds to a halt to make room for "relationship" scenes, in which the characters maintain a soap-opera obliviousness to everything (crumbling skyscrapers, fire-breathing beasts) but their feelings .