The resulting physical devastation of a city and the psychological weakening of a population, however, also present opportunities.
The atom could be a source not only of devastation but also of inspiration.
The line of moving bodies speaks of the devastation of war which is not paid for by military systems, but by people.
The devastations of the war resulted in a severe population drop: only 30 inhabitants remained.
The earthquake alone caused substantial damage, but what followed wrought even greater devastation and suffering.
Firstly, the scale of devastation cannot be understood by considering the events of the years immediately preceding the famine.
One poem reveals the devastation that follows when a love affair goes bad and a woman feels herself forsaken.
The central political purpose of conventional warfare is to wreak as much devastation as possible to force opponents to submit.
