“No longer shall the wrath or ambition of kings devastate the earth with war and violence.”

“I'd waited all day dreading the outcome of the CT scan, but never really accepting or believing that the news would devastate us both.”

“He's trying to hurt me, devastate me with his words, and if I still didn't have one son to care for, I would have felt the blow much harder, just as he intended.”

“But themanner of the goal was devast ating for Wrexham, undone by a long punt forward by Button.”

“That is a devast ating blow for Arsenal, whose desperate at tempts to heal the rift with Cole appear to have failed.”

“Her offstage screech sends shivers down the spine long before she actually appears, and when she appears she devastates.”

“Seabed trawling destroys the structure and devastates the communities on the seabed, many of which take a long time to recover.”

“Without hesitation, the young man complies, even though the loss of this catch devastates him.”