wreak devastation
Frequency: 7.111.2 per million words
A more literary or dramatic way to say 'cause destruction'.
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- A powerful hurricane can wreak devastation on coastal communities.
- The invading army wreaked devastation across the entire country.
- Experts fear the new policy will wreak devastation on the agricultural sector.
- The betrayal had wreaked devastation on her emotional well-being.
- The plague was wreaking devastation throughout Europe in the 14th century.
- Unchecked industrial pollution has wreaked devastation on the local ecosystem.
- Such a conflict could wreak devastation on a global scale.
- The wildfire wreaked devastation as it tore through the ancient forest.
- The stock market crash wreaked devastation on countless families' savings.
- The storm's final act was to wreak devastation across the valley.