0 to destroy a place or thing completely or cause great damage -- 摧毀；毀滅
1 to make someone feel very shocked and upset -- 使極為震驚；使極為煩亂
In a series of devastating narrative accounts, survivor-heroes told their story about the terrible events of 1933-45.
Farm facilities had been devastated, and fields and pastures had gone unattended, all of which created an atmosphere of desperation.
Whereas the northern and eastern industrial areas experienced feverish activity, southern and central agrarian regions were devastated by depression, unemployment, and endemic poverty.
The rebels enjoyed some significant early victories, but after a series of devastating defeats the movement lost its momentum.
When first new drugs appear and spread in any society, there is a period of adaptation that can often be devastating.
Another lesson is that fast economic growth combined with inadequate government policies can be as devastating for the environment as overpopulation and intense poverty.
Only the great ports, devastated by the blockade, deviate from this pattern.
Would a democratic federation of peoples have been more resistant to dismemberment at the end of a long and devastating war ?
