devastates

v.

彻底破坏( devastate的第三人称单数 )；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮

1. They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.
   他们企图一举摧毁全城。
2. Our Embassy was devastated by three bombs of NATO.
   我们的使馆被北约的三枚炸弹炸毁了。
3. The country was devastated by a long war.
   该国因遭到长期战争的破坏而荒废。
4. I was devastated by the news of the wreck.
   我获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊。

Fire devastates Jackson lab.
Drought devastates US crops
War devastates ecology of Persian Gulf region
Tsunami devastates Japanese coastal region
Fierce quake devastates Haitian capital
WEST NILE VIRUS DEVASTATES AN AMERICAN CROW POPULATION
Pilfered Scholarship Devastates General Petraeus' Counterinsurgency Field Manual
Violent pyro‐convective storm devastates Australia's capital and pollutes the stratosphere
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Mutation of the zebrafish choroideremia gene encoding Rab escort protein 1 devastates hair cells.