Devastate

The news will certainly devastate him.

The flood waters will devastate the nearby town.

This could devastate Algeria's economy.

Somalia’s South West state is one of the places the United Nations expects famine to arise as the prolonged and worst drought in 40 years continues to devastate the country.

Economic experts warn that lockdowns could devastate the country’s economy, which is already inhibited by international sanctions.

Hurricanes devastate entire regions.

Our sword did not come to devastate Libyan homes; we will not plunder this city and return to the sea with the spoils: we do not have such a violent nature, nor is such audacity characteristic of the vanquished.

Halifax in Canada was devastated by a ship exploding in 1917. SS Mont Blanc, a French vessel loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives, collided with the Imo.